what to do??

[Jarrah Jack]

Haven't you got a boat license ? maybe a refresher is in order.

Every site needs a Barney

[BILLY THE KID]

Yes i could have done that quiet easily but ill bet there are other members that didnt know the answer....thats why when i come across a situation that im not sure on ill ask it on here. That way it gets some exposure, it gets discussed and ppl are more the aware.

I know if i am unsure of anything , i will look it up myself to be 100% sure .

If someone told you bream were legal at 15cm and fisheries pulls up and asks why the undersize fish , I somehow dont think that " I asked on Ausfish and was told 15cm was the legal size " would cut it as an excuse ?

I'm with Barney on this one , it does scare me that people have no idea of the most basic regulations and couldn't be stuffed looking it up before hitting the water , then whinge when they cop a fine from the water police .

No one is perfect , but those that don't care about their own or the safety of other boaties are just plain clowns .

Same as the clowns with no lights on their boats that sit out at night and wonder why they nearly get run over and bitch and moan about how the bigger boats think they own the water and dont care how fast they go past them .

here is a good link for all that are unsure

http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/ms...w_v4_whole.pdf

Each to their own i guess .

[onerabbit]

Every site needs a Barney

how come you never got a kiss

I musta just got lucky....

Muzz

[captain rednut]

i thought an anchor lite is for when your anchored??? so nav lites should used whilst underway?? so why would it matter if your drift fishing or going backwards your still underway!. it is illegal to use both at once (technically) as i found out one nite.
cheers cr

[mitchdemeanor]

i agree that both lights should be on....... but if you are drifting and the boat is going backwards so to speak that the idea of nav lights showing your direction of travel is not going to work????

I for one would certainly like to know which way the boat i'm approaching is facing, at least if i see nav lights I'm aware that I'm approaching from the front. Should that person fire up the engine and move off at speed I will already have planned which course to take in advance. No surprises

[Jarrah Jack]

Every site needs a Barney

how come you never got a kiss

I musta just got lucky....

Muzz

Dunno Muzz you've obviously got something I haven't.

[Jeremy]

i thought an anchor lite is for when your anchored??? so nav lites should used whilst underway?? so why would it matter if your drift fishing or going backwards your still underway!. it is illegal to use both at once (technically) as i found out one nite.
cheers cr

I do not believe that is correct. For my boat (4.4 m), as far as I am aware, I am required to display an all round white light both when anchored, and also when underway as I do not have a stern light.

Boats only running nav lights underway can be near impossible to see from behind and are asking for trouble.

Jeremy

[Jeremy]

From MSQ:

Power boats

• Less than 7 m in length with a

maximum speed not exceeding
7 kn—a white light visible all
round and, if possible, separate
or combined sidelights.

• Less than 12 m in length:

a) separate or combined
sidelights, a masthead light
and a stern light or
b) separate or combined
sidelights and an all round

white light.

[banksmister]

Have a look at Nuggets website and go to the right hand side in the podcasts [about navigation lights] http://www.nuggetfishing.com.au/

[Lucky 1]

Thanks to Wayno60 for the thread and banksmister for the Nugget link. I will now buy a 1 metre all round white light for the dinghy. How slow would the learning curve be if we didnt have people like Wayno 60 starting threads like this one ?

Regards Lucky
ps I dont want a kiss

[Lovey80]

Wayno,the word DRIFT to me mean's not at rest,if so then nav lights need to be on and for precaution measurse the anchor light as well.As long as as theis light's are on their should be no probs ay bud!
Cheers's Squid!

I do not believe that is correct. For my boat (4.4 m), as far as I am aware, I am required to display an all round white light both when anchored, and also when underway as I do not have a stern light.

Boats only running nav lights underway can be near impossible to see from behind and are asking for trouble.

Jeremy

You are bang on Jeremy! If it is dark the "all round/stern light" should be on at ALL times and ESPECIALLY underway. Because it has been commonly called an "Anchor" light a LOT of people think it is only used whilst at anchor instead of the "Underway" lights being turned on when moving.

For those that aren't aware as soon as it is dark the white light should be on AT ALL TIMES!

A friend of mine was coming back from the banks a few years ago in a 7+m Platey in a bit of swell and only marginally missed a small tinny heading back to Mooloolaba at the last second as they were both heading in the same direction and the port and starboard lights where obscured from view. If there had been a stern or all round white light this would never have happened.

[STUIE63]

i thought an anchor lite is for when your anchored??? so nav lites should used whilst underway?? so why would it matter if your drift fishing or going backwards your still underway!. it is illegal to use both at once (technically) as i found out one nite.
cheers cr

this is wrong between dusk and dawn the allround white light should be on unless you are in a designated mooring and when underway whether that be powered or drifting you will need both the allround white and the nav lights on
Stuie

[Jabba_]

If your drifting of a night what lights are the right ones to have on? anchor or nav?

Check out this link for the definitions for underway. http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Safety/Lif....aspx#markings

Underway – a boat not at anchor, made fast to the shore or aground. A boat does not have to be moving to be underway..

So you do need to have the Nav lights on as well as you anchor light..

[Noelm]

the whole confusion comes about because of the name 'anchor light" most boats these days do not have a true stern light, so the anchor (all round white) light may be used instead, (or as well as) if you have a stern light, your all round white is used when anchored, anytime you are not anchored , that is drifting or motoring, your side lights must be on (during the night of course). when you see proper side lights and a proper stern light, the visible "arc" of light makes it possible to see at least one light from any positon around a boat, whether you see just a white, a green, a red, or both red and green, you are able to know which direction the other boat is facing or moving. Pretty simple concept really and everyone should know their lights, not just nav lights, but channel markers and some very basic harbours and shipping lights as well.

[Noelm]

OH, and as I mentioned a long time ago, I reckon ALL trailer boats should have a solar charged "anchor" light, that turns on at dusk and off again at sunrise and you can't turn it off! how simple is that? no more people sitting there waiting to be flattened by another boat because they have no light on, modern solar lights will run all night as easy as pie, can be quite small and made to a high quality for bugger all cost.