Anchor light-good idea

[l'escargot]

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in the same vein, I have never seen anyone (apart from me!) hoist an anchor ball during the day. Am I just being too pernickety?

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No. I always do.

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Trouble is not everyone knows what they mean. Last time I put one up, anchored up just out of the channel in the Medina and fishing rods over the side, three boats came over to see if I was aground or broken down and wanted a tow.

 

[tritonofnor]

I cheat somewhat by having my old hurricane lamp rigged to the bottom of the anchor ball... arrive in daylight, top up the oil in the lamp, light it and hoist the two together... Then when I oversleep correct signal is showing in the morning!

 

[Anonymous]

So do I. Last summer, on entering an anchorage on the east coast of Menorca, there was a British-flagged motor yacht of over 20m. I couldn't see an anchor chain; it just wasn't visible and he wasn't showing a ball so I motored past and called them to ask if they were at anchor. "Of course", they said. Why "of course"? $10million worth of shiny motor yacht with, presumably, a professional crew and NO ball? And an anchoring system that was invisible. I had no way of knowing whether they were hove-to, on a mooring or at anchor so couldn't drop my own anchor until I found out.

I still can't figure out why the chain wasn't visible!