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Originally Posted by ishoot308
Is there a possibility that maybe he lost power for whatever reason on his boat and was simply trying to get home safely. I can't imagine anyone would purposely navigate with no lights.
Dan
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That could have been the case but then there's still no excuse for being out at night w/o a flashlight. He could either illuminated his sail or flashed oncoming boats to make them aware of his presence. Maybe the req'd equipment list needs to be revised ?
As for being "on purpose" ... how about due to stupidity ? How many times have "we" seen boats with just the all around or with just the R/G sidelights on after dark ? Just last week after dusk (not that dark) I saw a guy towing a novice skier (he kept falling) with his all around on but having neglected to turn on his sidelights.