Info Diving and Seamanship

[jeffsky29]

I read most of the threads but may have missed one. If this has been covered I apologize. I noticed a lot of talk about red and green nav lights and aids to navigation lights, but did not see the answer to:
At night, how do you know if you are looking at a distant boat nav light or a buoy light?

 

[tursiops]

I read most of the threads but may have missed one. If this has been covered I apologize. I noticed a lot of talk about red and green nav lights and aids to navigation lights, but did not see the answer to:
At night, how do you know if you are looking at a distant boat nav light or a buoy light?

The buoy lights flash in a defined pattern.
https://www.uscgboating.org/images/486.PDF

 

[jeffsky29]

The buoy lights flash in a defined pattern.
https://www.uscgboating.org/images/486.PDF[/QUOTE

correct. Boat Nav lights do not blink. No lights on a boat should be blinking at anchor or underway.

 

[tursiops]

So your question was rhetorical? You already knew the answer? it was a quiz?

 

[Akimbo]

The buoy lights flash in a defined pattern.
https://www.uscgboating.org/images/486.PDF

Is that the case for all jurisdictions? Red-Right-Returning is only true about half the time:
Diving and Seamanship, Post #35

 

[jeffsky29]

So your question was rhetorical? You already knew the answer? it was a quiz?

Yes, it was a quiz. Wrong of me?

 

[tursiops]

Yes, it was a quiz. Wrong of me?

I think the purpose of the thread is to provide information. Most of the posts simply give some information; but you asked a question, so I provided an answer.
I wasted my time.

 

[jeffsky29]

You did not waste your time. You provided an answer for the rest of the people reading this thread. And since we are being very specific, your answer was correct from a text book standpoint, but the answer I was really looking for is, if you see a blinking light, it is a buoy, not a boat.

 

[Jay]

I think the purpose of the thread is to provide information. Most of the posts simply give some information; but you asked a question, so I provided an answer.
I wasted my time.

Yes, and not only you, I read 7 posts instead of what could have been a single post to gain the same information

 

[Scuba Lawyer]

Just came across this thread. The lack of seamanship knowledge by the general boating public is appalling. I have been involved in a number of court cases involving allegedly negligent boat operators. When I take the deposition of the (for want of a better term) boat driver, I only use proper nautical terms in my questions. 99% of the time, unless I'm dealing with an ex merchant marine or retired Navy seaman, they have no clue what I'm talking about and ask that I put my question into layman's terms. I don't accede to their wishes because the very fact they don't understand the question using accurate established terms proves my point that they have no business operating a 50' twin diesel trawler in a crowded harbor or a Donzi speedboat doing 45 knots in a fog bank. End of rant.