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Originally Posted by Phantom
Okay, here's the second one --
Somewhere back in time (I've boated Winni for 35+yrs), long before Radar & GPS units, I believe I was told that the early way to safely navigate the lake at nite was to "follow the FL's". By that I mean -- avoiding the hazard associated with the particular FL (by memory) - If you head from one FL to any other visible (in a strait path) you will avoid any unlit spars or hazards in your path. Key here is to keep the departing lite directly to your stern and the target FL at your bow (obviously avoiding the approaching FL's hazard from memory). I know this to be true on the Western half of the Lake.
Is this a valid "old tale" or just a coincidence ?
or does one say --- You idiot Phantom, thats why the lite is there!
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It works in many situations, but there are instances where one could possibly confuse two lights and get into trouble (I would guess the blink rates would help prevent confusion, I know they do for me using FL83 and FL6 heading toward Center Harbor).
One place where confusion would be disasterous is from FL78/FL21 by the witches headed toward Sleepers Island. If, while on the way, someone mistook FL24 for FL48, one would run directly into Diamond Island on the southwest corner. Wonder if that's what happened on Father's day?