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07-11-2008, 07:38 PM | #1 |
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Running light question
My running lights aren't working. I think it's the bulb and will replace that tomorrow. My question is this...does anyone know of an emergency running light kit? I would've been in trouble if it was dark when I discovered it wasn't working. I saw some glow sticks on the West Marine site but they were green and white.
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Atwood makes clamp-on lights that are basically flashlights with a red/green domed split lense and an all white domed lense. I have the red/green and have used it in a pinch.
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I got caught out without a stern light, now I keep 4 or 5 bulbs in the boat glove box. If one burns out I can change it in less than 5 minutes....
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Those flashlight based running lights are great. We have a set with suction cups and they work good for small boats that don't have lights. We have also used them on the sunfish to sail at night. It's a lot of fun. I never thought of using them as a backup for the bigger boat. Great idea!
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Suction Cup Light
I'm Selling a brand new battery powered suction cup mount one on ebay right now. Check it out. Item number is 280244675821
I'd let it go for $10.00 and end the action early if you or someone local is interested. |
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The other day our stern light got lifted from our boat and we arrived at around 10:30 PM for our return to the island. I know we would have been stopped by the MPs and that was not our primary concern but my son took out his cell phone and took a black picture with the camera and then converted it to a negative image which was then white. He held the phone up on the back of the boat while we headed back to the island. Not legal but certainly just as visible as the stern light.
When I was his age I would have had to build a fire on the boat...... Next day we bought a new one. |
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Depends on how big the fire was ...
OH, you mean the cell phone.
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On a Sunfish, capsizes (and rightings) can happen 3-4 times per outing and think nothing of it. At night, with no opportunities to watch for the approach of sudden gusts or wakes, a capsized Sunfish will have *zero* lights showing until righted. And maybe not then! Getting the Sunfish upright, with a suddenly wet and heavier sail, and lines afloat or coiling around you in the water, can be a challenge even in bright sun! Night sailing by Sunfish is a Winni practice to discourage, definitely. |
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Portable lights are great
I bought mine at West Marine years ago and keep them in the boat. My old boat lights would stop working a lot so these kept me safe and legal. I think you can get battery operated ones.. and those that will have a DC plug.
Can I use them on my 3 seater SeaDoo which is classified as a boat? IG
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Can I use them on my 3 seater SeaDoo which is classified as a boat? IG[/QUOTE] Should be ok? ....... Just yesterday, bought a 27' Skater Cat w/ twin Merc 300's at a Gilford yard sale, and guess what.......no running lights...because it's a Skater Cat......go figure...what was Skater Cat think'n? Hi-ho.....it's off to Wal-Mart I go, searching for some suction cup, running lites.....plus a paddle for the sailboat!
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do those battery powered lights meet this:
Saf-C 403.15 Lights on all Motorboats ... (d) Every white light prescribed by this section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles. Every colored light prescribed by this section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least one mile. The word "visible" in this subsection, when applied to lights, means visible on a dark night with clear atmosphere. Even if not, they are still better then driving with no lights. I think I'm going to get some spare bulbs, can't hurt to have them. |
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White running light
I had my rear light go out one time and was using one of those suction cup white lights as a backup and got pulled over by the marine patrol because the white light was not 18 inches (I think) above the working red and green light in the front--so if the white light goes out, make sure that someone is standing up with it!!!!!
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An issue with those portable lights is that they tend to be short. The white light needs to be visible 360° around the horizon. If the lightpole is shorter than the operator or passengers, it will be blocked from all around view and isn't in compliance, regardless of the candlepower.
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spare bulb ($1.00) screwdriver ($1.00) ....and when you use the kit, the light is fixed! Be sure to carry the bulb types for both bow and stern lights. |
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Vessel under sail...
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Night sailing sounds like fun to me! We did it for years. I think that the clip/cup on lights are fine. They meet the requirements of the NHMP. But do keep in mind that the lights for a sailboat under sail are diffrent than for a powerboat. A powerboat must show a 360 degree white light visible for 2 miles while underway between sunset and sunrise. To identify a vessel as a sailing vessel (not under power) the lights are different. A sailing vessel does not show a masthead light (360 deg). Instead a vessel under sail shows port and starboard running lights and a 135 deg. stern light. That way when a power vesel sees just the red and green lights with no white light he knows that he is coming on to a sailing vessel and hs is the give way vessel. So when you mount your white light, I'm not sure how I would do it on a sunfish avoiding the tiller, make sure that you cover the front 225 deg. of the light with tape or something so that it only shows 135 deg. aft. Check it out in the NH boating guide, get underway and have some fun! Misty Blue. |
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Both were better off than the canoeist who had no lights what so ever. I recall seeing a flotilla of kayaks at night in Wolfeboro bay a few years ago. They had lights on short poles which I think suction cupped to the hull. Perhaps bright enough (though they looked kind of greenish cast) but they'd become invisible as one kayaker passed in front of another. I"ve seen similar things with all arounds on boats with bimini's. They disappear depending on the angle to the boat and/or plow (speed) state. We got an extra long pole for just that reason. Whatever you run for an all around, check to be sure it'll stay visible under operating conditions.
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Legal questions aside, did you ever wonder why the manufacturers of the 3 seaters choose not to install lights or even offer them as an option?
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Or for a Sunfish?
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Are the 3 seaters universally recognized as boats, or only in NH and other select states? While I see the value to using a PWC at night, all in all I think it is a bit too risky for wide-spread adoption. The craft is very small and hard to see, you generally get wet (and it's colder at night), and the water spray in your face can make it hard to see (and night navigation isn't always the best visibility to begin with). |
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LED backup light
I picked up a handy LED red/green and white light and strobe combo light in Newton,MA at a Charles River kayak center. I keep it attached to my life jacket by the helm station for emergency lighting. I just took a look on the web and found the device I have available online. I have had it over a year and its still going strong for something in storage all winter.
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Well, you would certainly have a defensible position if you were stopped. I guess it would depend on how much time and effort (if any) you would need to put into your defense to test your theory.
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That Representative also SOLD them, is since deceased, but his "legacy" lives on in New Hampshire law. The only other alternative reference to PWCs is to the State of Hawaii, whose laws group PWCs as "THRILL CRAFT". http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dbor/rules/am...3240_13256.htm There may be other states that treat PWCs differently. Powerboats NOT being factory-equipped with normal navlights may be explained by this regrettable night-use PWC behavior. http://starbulletin.com/2002/06/27/news/story8.html |
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