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11-18-2009, 03:52 PM
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Tell me about it. I had a VERY close encounter w a sailboat this year on my cruzier.
11-19-2009, 01:49 PM
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What I hate is the fishermen that have no lights and run alittle after dark,the little aluminum jon boats.no reflectors ,those are dangerous.Oyea a dark blue Kayak is camouflaged very well, they need those go cart flags on a pole
11-20-2009, 07:58 PM
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hey guys...
i think the real objective is that one should make oneself seen...if i can't see you, no matter what lights i throw, shame on you for hiding...the reflective kayak flag and the rub rail lights put the onus on the operator...not some middle-aged guy's chitty eyesight or crappy instruments...i used to do fog runs in maine in a low freeboard 21, but we hung a radar-reflective ball from a fishing rod in a holder...30 years later there's been no close calls or accidents...everyone saw me...
no one sees well at night...but everyone sees a well lit object...
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i think the real objective is that one should make oneself seen...if i can't see you, no matter what lights i throw, shame on you for hiding...the reflective kayak flag and the rub rail lights put the onus on the operator...not some middle-aged guy's chitty eyesight or crappy instruments...i used to do fog runs in maine in a low freeboard 21, but we hung a radar-reflective ball from a fishing rod in a holder...30 years later there's been no close calls or accidents...everyone saw me...
no one sees well at night...but everyone sees a well lit object...
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12-04-2009, 09:55 PM
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my dock lights want even light up a reflector on my slip with in 10 foot,there a joke.
Sometime ill hit them when I see a boat headed towards me to help them see me. I'm thinking I can find a bulb with a clear lense.it looks like a 4inch.The sail boat are bad about no lights ,Ya can see the sail when ya buz them.they still want turn them on
Rob
Sometime ill hit them when I see a boat headed towards me to help them see me. I'm thinking I can find a bulb with a clear lense.it looks like a 4inch.The sail boat are bad about no lights ,Ya can see the sail when ya buz them.they still want turn them on
Rob
Trust me. Happens here a lot...
If they are coming way too close to you, hit nearby with a spot light. They are a completely different lighting caliber and can easily be distinguished from a stern light.
12-05-2009, 10:56 PM
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I know you are thinking you are doing the right thing, but trust me, you have a good chance of confusing the hell out of the other guy coming at you.
Trust me. Happens here a lot...
If they are coming way too close to you, hit nearby with a spot light. They are a completely different lighting caliber and can easily be distinguished from a stern light.
Trust me. Happens here a lot...
If they are coming way too close to you, hit nearby with a spot light. They are a completely different lighting caliber and can easily be distinguished from a stern light.
Ive been thinking about getting a bulb that has a clear lens,I bought some 100watt aircraft landing lights that fit in the high beam hole on my 70 Chevelle.ya can see bugs running across the street
its a pencil beam,I just need to find some like that for the boat
Rob
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12-07-2009, 05:13 PM
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Strip...look at these new led docking lights...no need to cut a hole in the hull...flush mount...and bright..I just put them on my boat this past weekend...
12-08-2009, 10:56 PM
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12-09-2009, 11:24 AM
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