A few more items for clarification; Julio wrote: >The white/red/green combination can only be used on power boats. Any >human powered boat must not have red and green lights. -Where is this stated - I know that sailboats are also red/green on the front and white in the back/mast? Reading the regualtions book I had didn't seem to specifically dissallow it. Julio wrote:>The white light for human powered craft must be visible all around, >360 degrees. Again which regulation would this be stated in? I believe that the regulations actually require: "Vessels under oars may display...but...must have ready at hand an electric torch or lighted lantern showing a white light to be displayed in sufficient time to prevent collision The U.S.Coast Guard publishes a booklet "Federal Requirements and Safety Tips for Recreational Boats" available from 1-800-368-5647. It talks about lights required, as well as safety devices and signals. "Navigation Lights" p.22 "Recreational vessels are required to display navigation lights between sunset and sunrise and other periods of reduced visibility (fog, rain, haze etc.)..." p.25 "Vessels under oars may display...but...must have ready at hand an electric torch or lighted lantern showing a white light to be displayed in sufficient time to prevent collision" Julio wrote:>Intermittent and strobe lights are strictly forbiden in inland waters >except to indicate distress. Again which regulaton?, since what I found in the USCG booklet was that only white lights that flash between 50 & 70 times per second are considered distress signals. This would imply that things like bicycle blinky LED's would be OK - The down side would be if they distract other boaters into thinking you're in trouble, in which case it doesn't matter what the regs say since it's not fair to your fellow boater to put them through that type of adreneline rush. Thanks for the info & happy paddling - Saul Saul Kinderis saul_at_isomedia.com tel:(425)402-3426 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri May 08 1998 - 17:44:17 PDT
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