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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
Running into islands at night can be a pain.
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They've proposed that every dock have a blue light on it. The light is already in production, and is solar-powered.
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I can't quite decide if I like this idea or not. Here's my thinking ... if solar powered (therefor probably LED based) I wonder if the light will be blue enough, remain bright enough, for long enough, that my cones will register them as truly blue or merely a bluish white (like my LED flashflights). If it's the latter then all we have is more competing lights to distinguish the from all-around boat lights. Even then it may still be a good idea, though in this instance it may not have helped. Best best for this type of thing (hitting fixed hazard) is a GPS.
ps - or maybe forward looking collision avoidance radar
pps - or maybe night vision linked to a heads up display
