Transom light??

[haugy]

Ends? What does that mean?

[jet]

Believe me there going to see me after I light this baby up! My REAL question was did supra originally put it there as a platform light or was it a saftey light? Im plan on adding 2-light swithes. One will run all of my red lights and then I will have super brights (white) for cleaning, working and finding sh*t in the dark.

[wotan2525]

I'm a little bit confused here. You called me out for introducing false information and then agreed with me and then disagreed with me? For the sake of argument: Using duct tape to hold the plane wings on IS illegal, wearing a motorcycle helmet is up to you (even though I'll be wearing mine) and I'm guessing that most of the bodies that you've recovered at night were because someone was drinking AND couldn't see the other boat. Not sure that a stern light would have prevented that.

For the record -- I'm still not arguing that removing your stern light is SAFE. But I am trying to be clear about what is required and what is not. And I don't think that stern lights are common on small power-boats.

Additionally: I've never seen a fishing boat with a transom light. I've never seen an outboard with one. A quick search of current Natique, Mastercraft and Malibus doesn't show any current model with a USCG stern light.... And I believe that the Saltare is unique in that it does have one. Do any of the other legacy Supras have them? Any of the current ones?

[Jetlink]

Using duct tape to hold the plane wings on IS illegal...

Only if the tape used is not FAA-PMA approved...lol

[ngavdba]

False.

Seeing the stern light and the anchor light lets other boats know which direction you are heading. Two white lights, one high and one low lets me know I'm coming up on the stern of a boat. Many large vessels only have one colored light on each side. So if you only see the green, and the anchor light........is it coming to your port side? Or leaving? Having the stern light allows you to know which direction it's heading.

Leave ALL navigation lights alone. Always make sure they are functioning.

In a perfect world this is fine. I only have one mast light and it meets compliance. I know because I got pulled over last year because it was not on at the official time of sunset.
I've always understood it is an either or if you have two and want both on. I now have two white transom LED lights which should do the job of letting someone know which direction I'm heading if I decide to use them.
Problem I find nowadays is they put the hull lights on these boats for whatever reason and most people think they are fine to run at night as you go down the lake. Drives me nuts that people are so stupid and use those instead of their nav lights while I'm blinded as they come at me, but I'm the one who gets pulled over for non compliance.

[haugy]

I'm a little bit confused here. You called me out for introducing false information and then agreed with me and then disagreed with me? For the sake of argument: Using duct tape to hold the plane wings on IS illegal, wearing a motorcycle helmet is up to you (even though I'll be wearing mine) and I'm guessing that most of the bodies that you've recovered at night were because someone was drinking AND couldn't see the other boat. Not sure that a stern light would have prevented that.

For the record -- I'm still not arguing that removing your stern light is SAFE. But I am trying to be clear about what is required and what is not. And I don't think that stern lights are common on small power-boats.

Additionally: I've never seen a fishing boat with a transom light. I've never seen an outboard with one. A quick search of current Natique, Mastercraft and Malibus doesn't show any current model with a USCG stern light.... And I believe that the Saltare is unique in that it does have one. Do any of the other legacy Supras have them? Any of the current ones?

I never agreed with you. I don't cite West Marine. I checked the USCG and it does agree with those statements. So I didn't bring up the legality of it. I was wrong. I went straight into why it's not smart.

Most of the time, believe it or not, the wrecks didn't have alcohol involved. The captains just never saw the other vessel.

And yes, my Comp had them, my Mariah had them, as well as the other vessels I've captained.

[DAFF]

Right or wrong I see it like this... Clearance lights on a trailers are red on the back and yellow on the front. Just like 99.99% of all vehicles out there. To me a red and white light on the rear would be confusing and cause me to second guess my first instint..... Boating at night is hard enough as it is and why ask for problems from the coast guard for nothing.

[Salty87]

Boating at night is hard enough as it is and why ask for problems from the coast guard for nothing.

i like this one best. most of us have probably come across water cops who are wrong on certain rules. they want to pull you over to see what else they can find. don't give em any reason. red & green colors have very specific uses in marine navigation.