Anybody use headlights?
Thanks-
Eeber
headlights, searchlights, lasers, anything facing oncoming traffic would be an issue in the eyes of a marine court if some other captain is night blinded by your lights..
Most of the time I use a good 7 X 50 set of binoculars that gather a lot of light.
Considering the limited illumination of most small-boat searchlights, their use for looking for floating water hazards is something less than 30 yards. So, shouldn't the typical searchlight be aimed downward and away from the eyes of other boaters unless they are "underbow" as well as far below the sightlines of a ship's mariners?
...using a light all the time to avoid hazards I think is a folly except for a very shot duration otherwise running at night would be so stressfyl it would no longer be recreational boating.
Guessing that is called Gauntlet Inlet on the charts
Wondering ... since night has serious visibility limitations, might not one want to sound his fog horn?
Around here if you shine a light into the pilothouse of a commecial vessel be prepared for a sever blasting on the VHF.
Steve W
I can tell you with certainty that running with any lights other than nav lights on more than intermittantly will get you stopped and a citation from one of the many law enforcement agencies on the water - CG, Marine Police, Sheriffs, police depts, and game wardens.