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I couldn't get this link to work, but I suspect it has to do with avoiding
pirates.
That's standard procedure for pirate avoidance when sailing from Trinidad to
Venezuela (PLC)
It may also be one reason why a Pacific Seacraft 44 got T-boned by a
commercial trawler one night just a few miles off the Boca. The trawler didn't stop
(that's not uncommon here) and the sailor and his wife were lucky to be
aboard a robustly-built boat -- although holed below the waterline, they were able
to make port without sinking.
His wife, who was asleep below at the time, told me that her husband "saw a
faint red light" off his starboard side and went below to look at the radar.
He had been there only a few seconds when the collision occurred. A better
choice would have been to turn hard to port and away. The bright nav lights we
are all used to in first-world are seldom seen here except on ships and boats
from first-world countries. The local boats often have dim lights, and
sometimes none at all.
Regards,
John
aboard "Truelove," in Chaguaramas, Trinidad
This is a most interesting account of why sailing vessels of the early
1800's did not carry lights. And why it was well founded that they not.
http://tinyurl.com/2pj9xh
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