Height of steaming light?

Alfie168 said:
No need for that sarcasm thanks, it wasn't a criticism of the chart, just that there are other scenarios it doesn't cover.
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Whenever Vic posts that chart, it's usually accompanied by a little disclaimer that it's intended to help beginners understand the commonly used lights as simply as possible and does not cover every possible situation that colreg pedants might bring up. I guess he's annoyed that he left that out this time :D

Pete
 
prv said:
Whenever Vic posts that chart, it's usually accompanied by a little disclaimer that it's intended to help beginners understand the commonly used lights as simply as possible and does not cover every possible situation that colreg pedants might bring up. I guess he's annoyed that he left that out this time :D

Pete
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I started putting the disclaimer in after a certain pedantic university lecturer decide to criticise it.
I thought that perhaps now he's gone it would not be necessary .... but wrong... when one irritating pedant goes there is another PITA waiting in the wings to take his place.

I suppose I ought to edit the thing properly and include the disclaimer in it.
 
Elessar said:
No Joka,

sidelights and no steaming light means a sailing boat (or a towed boat)

tricolours are less visible most of the time and only exist so that saily boats can illuminate themselves with just 1 bulb.

Now we have better batteries, efficient LEDs and better power management its time they took tricolours out of the colregs as they are a compromise that is no longer neccessary.

Some people even make LED tricolours. Talk about missing the point.......
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I disagree, I think the tri is more visible in a sea and when heeled. Obviously a decent one, not small cheap rubbish though.
Think about if you were beating and your leward nav light is pointing more at the sea and the windward one is pointing more at the sky. You are in a swell, your lights are fairly low down, can you be seen? Obviously the tri will be heeled as well but it'll be waggling about hopefully enough to provide better visibility.
Sailing vessels can also display the optional sailing lights though, that, in my opinion is also a good option if a little power hungry and expensive to fit.

EDIT: Just reread your post, "Less visible MOST OF THE TIME"...... well ok then, in calm weather without much swell or heel angle, I'd go with that.
 
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VicS said:
I started putting the disclaimer in after a certain pedantic university lecturer decide to criticise it.
I thought that perhaps now he's gone it would not be necessary .... but wrong... when one irritating pedant goes there is another PITA waiting in the wings to take his place.

I suppose I ought to edit the thing properly and include the disclaimer in it.
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I repeat I wasn't trying to criticise your chart. It was in the context of somebody implying it was time tricolours were made illegal and I was actually disagreeing with that statement in the context of how useful they can be for the smaller boat, of which there are lots out there, and saying that they were a lot more use than the 'white dot' or torch on the sail.

Thats where I was coming from, not having a go at the usefulness of the chart, but to make my point I did have to point out it was a situation not covered, but simply as a comment incidental to my main point, not a criticism.

For gawds sake, can we just put it to bed.

Tim
 
Going back to the original thread - I would vote for a position just above head height, but reachable to replace the bulb so long as that meets the vertical separation criteria. You might have guessed that I wear disposable nappies when climbing the mast!

Rob.
 
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