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Re: Lights etc.
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2003 Oct 12, 21:48 -0300
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2003 Oct 12, 21:48 -0300
Jared wrote: > I asked a question (don't recall if it was here or another list) about six months ago asking if anyone had ever used, or seen, that configuration. The answer was a resounding "never", so I suppose you will send a great many watch crew scrambling for their copies of COLREGS.I was in Rostock, Germany in August 2002 while the Hansa Sail event was on -- lots of large sailing vessels from around 50ft overall upwards (to 300+ feet). As the fleet returned to the river at dusk, quite a few showed red-over-green masthead lights. Maybe it's a European thing, or perhaps it is just large vessels, but red-over-green is used. Trevor Kenchington -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus
