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Originally Posted by Kracken
Just to bring this thread a little further off topic. This little tidbit has confused me for a while.
"All Vessels When Not Underway are required to use a white light visible for 360 degrees and from a distance of two miles whenever they are moored or anchored away from dock between sunset and sunrise."
Now it would be insane to think all moored boats need to have there anchor lights on all night every night. But one that comes to mind is the large sailboat on the east side of Alton Bay. That boat is pretty far from shore and is not lit (personally I think it would be ridiculous to require it). But according to the law it should be? Please correct me if I am wrong here.
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This is probably splitting hairs but a "Moored" vessel is one that is on a "Mooring"...which is a semi
permanent anchoring device. Moorings are not usually located IN the Fairway/Channel but in a
designated "mooring field".
A vessel that is "Anchored" is on a temporary anchoring device and may require an
Anchor Light if anchored in a area that might expect traffic at night.
There's just too many stinkin rules already.. but it's nice to know what some of them are.
Remember in the early days of the automobile when they were still a novelty? My grandparents told me.
They were required to have "Parking Lights" when parked in the street at night. NB