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Steve Blackburn
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Initially Posted - 05/21/2007 :  22:11:53  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Is it normal that if I switch my Anchor light on (on the panel) that my top most white mast light is on?

I thought the mast light (on top) should be switched on by Running Lights on the panel.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 05/21/2007 :  23:05:06  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Yup! the anchor light is atop the mast.

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Turk
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 :  06:26:19  Show Profile  Visit Turk's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by britinusa</i>
<br />Yup! the anchor light is atop the mast.

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And... what he means to say is running lights are for running or as you are sailing at night. The anchor light would be used when you are moored or stopped using your anchor. I got them confused when I first started. Some of us are daysailers and spend little time sailing long journeys and at night.
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barleyrooty
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 :  14:27:55  Show Profile
From the manual:

Your Catalina 250 is equipped with the following navigation lights:

(A)Red and Green 112.5° combination lights mounted on the bow pulpit.
(B)White 135° stern light mounted on the stern.
(C)White 225° steaming light mounted on the mast.
(D)White 360° anchor light mounted on the masthead.

(A) and (B) are wired to the bow light switch on the panel. (C) is wired to the steaming light switch, and (D) is wired to the anchor light switch.

When underway by sail, the bow light and stern light must be used (A and B). When underway by power, the steaming light (C), bow light and stern light must be on. At anchor, the anchor light (D) should be on.

So you use "Bow" for sailing, "Bow"+"Steaming" for powering, and "Anchor" for anchoring.

At least that's how it's supposed to work.

Phil
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Bill Arden
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 :  15:26:08  Show Profile
Part of the confusion here may be that the white, forward-facing running light halfway up the mast is called the "masthead light" - even though it's not at the head of the mast. As this thread is pointing out, the omnidirectional light at the top of the mast is, in fact, the anchor light.

By the way - the masthead light seems to be wired to the "Bow Lights" switch on my 250!
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kbq
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  17:14:04  Show Profile
This always seems a bit confusing, unless you do a lot of night sailing...

A good reference to start with for reminders: http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fedreqs/equ_nav.htm

I usually review this - or a page like it - before heading out at night, or before working on the electrical. Reduces frustration!


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Bill Arden
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  20:11:39  Show Profile
http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fedreqs/equ_nav.htm looks like a good site - though I think it could cause a possible confusion about the lights on the mast. Here's why:

Figure 1 on that site shows a sailboat (sails up, but presumably under power since that's what that section of the site is discussing). It shows a white 225 degree steaming (a.k.a. "masthead") light - at the top of the mast!

While the steaming light certainly could be there, it's not on the C250. It's the light on the front of the mast, in the housing with the deck light.

Figure 8 shows a 360 degree anchor light, corresponding to the one at the top of the C250 mast.

BTW (and off-thread, I know)- Does anybody actually use an anchor ball (figure 9) in the daytime? I don't think I've ever seen one.
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barleyrooty
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  21:18:59  Show Profile
Was lucky enough to go sailing in the caribbean with windjammer this spring. I can report that they did, indeed, display an anchor ball. Maybe it's more of a ship thing than a boat thing. (You might want to know the ship's at anchor before arriving in the tender, I suppose.)
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  21:24:19  Show Profile  Visit mhartong's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Bill Arden</i>
<br />BTW (and off-thread, I know)- Does anybody actually use an anchor ball (figure 9) in the daytime? I don't think I've ever seen one.
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An Admiralty Lawyer friend of mine put it to me this way.

If a boat anchored during the day and not displaying an anchor ball is hit by a vessel underway, the captain or operator of that boat could be held partially or fully liable for the collision, depending on the circumstances.

Mark
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  23:45:07  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Thanks for the tips!
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