All round White light

JSP · 19 February 2009, 08:31

Does it have to be central on an open boat of 5.4m?
Everyone I talk to says it doesn't matter but to be fair they have trawlers and yachts and no real knowledge of small open boats.

JSP · 19 February 2009, 08:49

Thought I'd best add that it would be mounted to one side of the engine on the transom and standing around 7ft from that point.

Poly · 19 February 2009, 08:52

Rule 23(c)iii :

the masthead light or all-round white light on a power-driven vessel of less than 12 meters in length may be displaced from the fore and aft centreline of the vessel if centreline fitting is not practicable, provided that the sidelights are combined in one lantern which shall be carried on the fore and aft centreline of the vessel or located as nearly as practicable in the same fore and aft line as the masthead light or the all-round white light.

Dirk Diggler · 19 February 2009, 09:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSP

Does it have to be central on an open boat of 5.4m?

No

wavelength · 19 February 2009, 10:09

Quote:

No

exactly

should be at least 1m above the red and green-not always easy and often not adhered to in practise

PeterM · 19 February 2009, 11:46

Stick it anywhere - everyone else does !

JSP · 19 February 2009, 15:01

Cheers lads. That's great.
The nav lights are on the console so that's sorted.
I think it will touch just over a meter between the two as well

BruceB · 19 February 2009, 17:48

Mine is the same setup you are doing, port and starboard on the console and the white ona pole offset to starboard of the engine.
Whether it is legal or not that is the setup that was practicable and gave me the 1m seperation.
No doubt when the government finds out a light police will try and fine me for daring to be practical

I wouldn't worry too much about it, have you seen the number of small boats of all kind that do not have any lights at all? Some effort to comply is better than most!

wavelength · 19 February 2009, 20:50

offset is fine. bottom line is can ya be seen eh. Just come in from a night trip doing commercial exams - a tad cold but lovely night with visibility that made the night excercise easier than the day. A few commercial boats out there so we had boats above and below 50m, a couple of trawlers with the correct lights (they really must be visitors!), a dredger and a couple of container ferries from Ireland. Nice to think they can see you -assuming that is that someone is looking outa the windows

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JSP · 19 February 2009, 21:35

Thanks for all the replies

Dave, found something out today which maybe of interest (and infact you may already know). Fleetwood dock is going to have a slip built in addition to the cradle lift. There was talk of them doing away with the idea but is now back on. Maybe an option for you if you have allot of people on a course and need secure parking? Pete Smith did hint that it could be expensive though, but I'm sure you could sort something out

BruceB, cheers. Good to know the setup has already been tried and tested.

BogMonster · 19 February 2009, 22:32

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Originally Posted by wavelength

exactly

should be at least 1m above the red and green-not always easy and often not adhered to in practise

I've got a mast on mine now which I think was a factory Ribcraft offering and the separation is only about 6-8 inches between the bracket for the white and the bracket for the red/green! I keep meaning to look at it from a mile or so away to see whether you can distinguish the lights.