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Old 24 October 2013, 03:33   #1
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Nav lights on SIBS?

What do you guy do for Nav lights on your sibs please?

Is it a case of fixing up a removable a frame or trilight or all round white light on a light post on the transom or can one mount red/green lights to the side somehow?

I will need to rig up something on the Thames here as we sometime run back in the dark to our dry moorings.
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Old 24 October 2013, 07:19   #2
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AFAIK & I'm willing to stand corrected, all you'd need on a (sub 7m) SIB is an all round white. A "Tri light" is only for yachts & is a masthead light.
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Old 24 October 2013, 10:43   #3
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Yeah, your right. I was just thinking about maybe having port and starboard lights too.

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Only SIBs I've ever seen with lights are RNLI D class.

Plenty of pics on google images.
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What do you guy do for Nav lights on your sibs please? Is it a case of fixing up a removable a frame or trilight or all round white light on a light post on the transom or can one mount red/green lights to the side somehow? I will need to rig up something on the Thames here as we sometime run back in the dark to our dry moorings.
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I believe the USA is different in that any powered vessel must use nav lights after dark. I know kayaks only need a white light.

For my little SIB, I bought a couple of LED lights from Amazon.com. The all around light is an extendable pole, that slides into a fishing rod holder (Not round but flat holder), and the front one I just mounted on a board with some bungee cord. When I wired up my bilge pump I put a couple of extra negative and positive wires in the quick disconnect to power the nav lights when they are plugged in.
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AFAIK & I'm willing to stand corrected, all you'd need on a (sub 7m) SIB is an all round white. A "Tri light" is only for yachts & is a masthead light.
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I believe the USA is different in that any powered vessel must use nav lights after dark. I know kayaks only need a white light.

For my little SIB, I bought a couple of LED lights from Amazon.com. The all around light is an extendable pole, that slides into a fishing rod holder (Not round but flat holder), and the front one I just mounted on a board with some bungee cord. When I wired up my bilge pump I put a couple of extra negative and positive wires in the quick disconnect to power the nav lights when they are plugged in.
Not sure why you think us is different.
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Under 7 metres & 7 knots speed just a white all around light is required or for non powered craft a torch . If possible port & starbd red & green should also be shown as well as the white all around , Either as a combined Bi light or fitted each side of the craft but if red & green lights are fitted the white all around must then be at least 1metre above the red & green ,

I made a clip-on the bow dodger battery powered bi light red/green then have a decorators extension pole fixed to the transom with the all around white .
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White battery pole on the rear, snap lights of the relevant colour tied on the side if only the odd occurrence, or battery lights you can open up and get out if more than very occasional.
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If a SIB limits its self to < 7kts is that OK to just display a white or is the fact it can do 20kts the issue?
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Not sure why you think us is different.
Cause y'all talk funny and drink warm beer?

They make a set of navigation lights that are powered by D-Cell batteries that would work good in a pinch. No "main" battery required.

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I was on a stupid phone which dropped its signal and lost my first attempt - so I was unusually brief!

Mr Chappelow filled in the blanks although technically it is "capable of no more that 7 kts" (or words to that effect) so most SIBs dont qualify even if driven slowly. In reality possibly OK unless something bad happens and then the fine toothcomb comes out and fingers start wagging.
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You're wrong!
Which bit, some of it or all of it?
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Which bit, some of it or all of it?
Now, you can't be a bit wrong in front of a tanker!
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Which bit, some of it or all of it?
the bit you said you stood to be corrected on.

at MC says - < 7m and < 7 knots - all round white is enough. If capable of > 7 knots should have red/green sectors too.
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