[Rhodes22-list] Masthead Light

[Bob Weber]

Bob, If you havent purchased the anchor light, consider just installing a 
steaming light to the mast.  You can run a battery powered anchor light up a 
stay for the times when you anchor.  It has to be an all around (360 
degrees) white light visiable from a certian distance.  There are plenty of 
battery powered camping Lanterns that fit the bill.  Now if you are 
anchoring in a high traffic area the mast head light might better to get the 
light higher.
Bob Weber






>From: "rhendy" <rhendy@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: "Rhodes List" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Masthead Light
>Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:51:24 -0500
>
>Rhodies,
>    Okay, I am in the middle of my winter rebuild and I am, for the most 
>part, creating an electrical system for my 1976 R22 from scratch.  The 
>issue today is proper lighting.
>    My R22 has sidelights, a dead on arrival sternlight built into the 
>fiberglass of the stern on the starboard side, and another sternlight on 
>the stern rail which looks to be in pretty good shape.  This will get me 
>lit properly if I am SAILING at night....but....
>    I plan to "go camping" on the boat this summer, therefore I have 
>designed an anchor light into my plan which will mount at the top of the 
>mast....no problem.  The problem is this:  If I plan to MOTOR anywhere 
>after dark, the U.S. Inland Navigation Rules call for a Masthead light.  
>The anchor light is specifically noted as being illegal in that situation.  
>So now, as I see it, I need still another light on the mast, more wires, 
>and (more importantly) another switch in the panel.  Whoops, my panel is 
>full up.
>    Poll to the membership:  What lights do you have?  How do you use them? 
>  Where's the loophole in the law?
>
>Fair Winds,
>
>Bob Hendrickson
>S/V Getaway
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