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Our hull (#328, I am a half owner as well) has no mast head light and I believe that was the way that Tartan made them initially. Yes, it is quite common on vessels of our vintage(s). You can add the mast head tricolor light if you want to be more 'compliant' with current CG lighting rules. If you are planning more long distance cruising then this is probably a good idea. I have not done this with our boat yet as we mostly race locally on the Hudson River. We always carry a flashlight so we can illuminate the sails if there is any question. If we ever blinded a tug boat captain with our lights and he hit us we would probably be found guilty for part of the blame though. Lights at the top of the mast can be a bit scary until you get used to them. I experienced this on a bigger boat (51') on the open ocean where the mast was rocking back and forth and it looked like a UFO above me. I got over it though and it was nice to be able to see the windex at night even if it was moving around. Night sailing on the ocean is a bit wicked on the senses. Caleb D. #328 'Odalisque', 1967, NY -----Original Message-----
From: Steve <skolar@...> To: T27Owners@... Sent: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:32 pm Subject: [T27Owners] Re: Masthead light hi eric on a sailing vessel 20meters (about 60')or less a steaming light should be located about 15' or more off the deck facing forward on the mast. this light should not be displayed while under sail. a masthead (top of the mast) light could be a few different lights. all around white, anchor light. with no other nav. lights displayed. a tri-color light, stb. red, port green and stern white, while under only sail. the important detail to remember is if your engine is running or not. engine on, even if you have sails up, you are a power driven vessel and your lights should be displayed as such. engine off, sails up, port, starboard and stern light at deck level or tri-color at masthead. i would think it was common for the older tartans to have a switch for running lights, port and starboard lights (mine are on the dorad boxes) and stern and a seperate switch for just the steaming light. on my boat i have 3-switches for nav. lights, a switch for running lights (port,starboard,stern at deck level and steaming light up the mast) and a switch for the masthead tri-color light and a switch for the masthead anchor light. as a bonus the stern light of the tri-color light, lites up the windex hope this gave you some answers. as allways, consult the chapman seamanship bible, steve k. #196 --- In T27Owners@..., "Eric Macom" <ericpmac@...> wrote:
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