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From: summer2004 (no email)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2007 - 09:48:38 EDT
The FAA does not make the navigation rules for boating/shipping.
Here is the Coast Guard rule on anchored sailboats.
Rule 30
(a) A vessel at anchor shall exhibit where it can best be seen:
in the fore part, an all-round white light or one ball;
at or near the stern and at a lower level than the light prescribed in subparagraph (i), an all-round white light.
(b) A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule.
(c) A vessel at anchor may, and a vessel of 100 meters and more in length shall, also use the available working or equivalent lights to illuminate her decks.
(d) A vessel aground shall exhibit the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Rule and in addition, if practicable, [Inld] where they can best be seen;
two all-round red lights in a vertical line;
three balls in a vertical line.
(e) A vessel of less than 7 meters in length, when at anchor not in or near a narrow channel, fairway or where other vessels normally navigate, shall not be required to exhibit the shape prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule.
(f) A vessel of less than 12 meters in length, when aground, shall not be required to exhibit the lights or shapes prescribed in subparagraphs (d)(i) and (ii) of this Rule.
(g) A vessel of less than 20 meters in length, when at anchor in a special anchorage area designated by the Secretary, shall not be required to exhibit the anchor lights and shapes required by this Rule. [Inld]
The only time a "red" light is mentioned is with a grounding.
White light at the top of an anchored boat /// period.
This is for anchored boats..
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From the Coast Guard Nav center..
Sailing vessel underway.
(a) A sailing vessel underway shall exhibit:
sidelights;
a sternlight.
(b) In a sailing vessel of less than 20 meters in length the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule may be combined in one lantern carried at or near the top of the mast where it can best be seen.
(c) A sailing vessel underway may, in addition to the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule, exhibit at or near the top of the mast, where they can best be seen, two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being red and the lower Green, but these lights shall not be exhibited in conjunction with the combined lantern permitted by paragraph (b) of this Rule.
(d)
A sailing vessel of less than 7 meters in length shall, if practicable, exhibit the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Rule, but if she does not, she shall have ready at hand an electric torch or lighted lantern showing a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.
A vessel under oars may exhibit the lights prescribed in this rule for sailing vessels, but if she does not, she shall have ready at hand an electric torch or lighted lantern showing a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.
(e) A vessel proceeding under sail when also being propelled by machinery shall exhibit forward where it can best be seen a conical shape, apex downwards. A vessel of less than 12 meters in length is not required to exhibit this shape, but may do so. [Inld]
I am not sure if the picture will come through but..
If a sailing vessel is underway, it can display two all round lights up top on the mast. The top light is RED, the second light just below is GREEN.
The vessel then would not show a WHITE light half way up the mast which is common.
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Andy Repton <> wrote:
On 3/21/07, Peter Ogilvie <> wrote:
> Give it up, it's an FAA, International Airline regulation that boats with masts over a certain height have to display a red light. Enough already!!
>
Whilst it may well be a requirement mandated by a competent authority,
neither the FAA nor the airlines have any jurisdiction outside of the
US for the former and their own offices for the latter.
The ICAO annexe 14 (which defines obstacles to aviation that should be
lit) appears to state that they are to be placed on FIXED obstacles
within 3000m of the runway.
If anyone has a definitive source for a requirement for red lights on
masts I'd like to see it.
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