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Masthead Light (placement, color, arc horizon, abaft beam)
Inland and International |
Fore & aft ceterline, white, 225 degrees, 22.5 degrees
Inland: vessel <12 meters shall be placed as nearly practicable to fore & aft centerline |
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Sidelights (placement, color, arc horizon, abaft beam, special rule)
Inland and International |
green: starboard, red: port, 112.5 degrees, 22.5 degrees, vessel <20 meters may be combined in one lantern
Inland: vessel <12 meters, one lantern, placed as nearly practicable to fore & aft centerline |
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Sternlight (placement, color, arc horizon, abaft beam) |
nearest to stern practicable, white, 135 degrees, 67.5 |
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Towing Light
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yellow light same characteristics of sternlight (135 degree arc, 67.5 degrees aft beam) |
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All Around Light |
unbroken light w/ arc of visibility of 360 degrees |
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Flashing Light |
flashing at regular intervals at frequency of 120 fpm |
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Special Flashing Light |
Inland only, 50-70 fpm, as far forward/nearly practicable fore & aft centerline arc horizon >180, <225 degrees no more than 22.5 degrees abaft beam |
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Light Visibility: 50 meters or more |
masthead: 6 miles sidelight, sternlight, towing light, all- around: 3 miles
*think 50:6:3 |
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Light Visibility: 12 meters or more |
Mast: 5 miles Mast less than 20 meters: 3 miles side, stern, tow, all: 2 miles
*think 12:5/3:2 |
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Light Visibility: Less than 12 meters |
mast: 2 miles side: 1 mile stern, tow, all: 2 miles |
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Light Visibility: inconspicuous, partly submerged |
white all-around light: 3 miles |
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Power-driven Vessel Lights |
Masthead Light, Second Masthead unless <50 meters, Sidelights, Sternlight |
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Air cushion vessel in nondisplacement mode lights |
all-around flashing yellow light, mast, side, stern |
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WIG craft Lights |
mast, side, stern, high intensity all-around flashing red |
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power-driven vessel when towing lights |
two masthead lights in vertical line, side, stern, tow light in vertical line above stern
*Yellow over white towing at night |
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tow exceeds 200 meters lights |
three masthead lights in vertical line, side, stern, tow, diamond where can best be seen |
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lights pushing ahead when rigidly connected |
same lights as power-driven vessel |
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lights power-driven vessel when pushing ahead or towing alongside
inland and international |
two masthead lights, sidelights, sternlight
Inland: two masthead, sidelights, two lowing lights in vertical line
*Yellow over Yellow pushing a fellow inland |
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1) Sailing Vessel Underway Lights
2) less than 20 meters
3) in addition... |
1) sidelights, stern light
2) one lantern
3) near top of mast two all- around lights, red over green
*Red over green Sailing machine |
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sailing vessel less than 7 meters/ vessel under oars |
electric torch |
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vessel under sail also being propelled by machinery |
conical shape where is can best be seen apex downwards |
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vessel engaged in trawling (lights, <50 meters, making way) |
green over white all arounds, masthead abaft and higher than green
<50 no need masthead
sidelights and stern |
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lights and shape vessel engaged in fishing other than trawling |
two all around lights red over white
two cones apexes together
*its always a good TIME fishing |
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1) gear extending more than 150 meters
2) when making way |
1) all around white light or cone apex upward in direction of gear
2) sidelights stern lights |
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vessel not under command lights/ shapes |
two all around red lights vertical line best be seen two balls " " " when making way side lights sternlight |
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restricted in her ability to maneuver lights/shapes |
three all around lights vertical line red white red ball diamond ball making way side, mast, stern |
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vessel engaged in towing severely restricted lights/shapes |
two masthead, red white red all around, side, stern, and tow lights ball diamond ball |
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vessel involved in dredging or underwater operations lights/shapes |
two all around red, vertical or two balls on side of obstruction two all around green, vertical or two diamonds on side that ship can pass along with restricted maneuver lights and shapes |
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diving operations |
rigid code "A" flag (diver down) not less than one meter in height along with restricted maneuver lights |
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mine clearance |
three all around green in christmas tree shape |
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vessels constrained by draft |
three all around reds vertical cylinder shape |
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pilot duty lights |
white over red all around
*white over red pilot ahead |
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vessel at anchor lights/shapes
100 meters and more in length |
white all around black ball
lights illuminate |
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vessel aground lights shapes |
two all around red in vertical line
three black balls |
