[Rhodes22-list] Solar Mooring Light

[David Huckabee]

According to my 1994 Chapmans, anchor lights are not required for boats less than 23.4 feet long "when not in a channel, fairway or where other vessels normally navigate."  They are 360 degree white lights that should be seen at 2 nautical miles."  
   
  My solar-powered path light has a very slight green tint to it, but it reads as white.  The LED bulb is pretty bright, but I don't know whether it is visible at 2 nm.  I don't know what wattage incandescent (or LED equivalent) would meet Coast Guard standards.
   
  In my mooring area, no one uses lights, but I decided I'd rather be somewhat lit, than risk a collision with a lobster boat early in the morning.
   
  As for the suggestions that I repaint my full to glow in the dark--  Then I'd have to wax my hull rather than using Poli-Glo in the spring which makes my 23 year-old boat look nearly new.
   
  If you paste this incredibly long link into your browser, maybe you will see a picture of  my set-up.
   
  http://us.f325.mail.yahoo.com/y5/s/viewphoto?show=largephoto&folderid=%2540S%2540Search&mid=1_1830_2_707_0_ANzPjkQAAAl%2FRtR1yQeZyDPp4Pc&partid=4&name=IMG_0102.JPG&size=726016&search=1

       
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