In article , martin
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Super tankers anchored R'dam have more than one light.

I think you will find, that by day they show a black ball and at night
one light very close to the Bow. The other lights are for illumination
and I have always felt that these are for those who fail to see in the
dark. ie poor and untrained seamen flying flags of convenience. The
tankers in Cowes Roads and the Solent, and those in Sandown Bay are
always floodlit.


Mast Head lights yes, if you are over 150 Metres in length then you need
two mast head lights, but then this is only when steaming and you will
need you Port and Starboard Bow Lights, properly adjusted to shine 2
points abaft the beam and a Stern light also to shine 176 degrees across
the stern.

Question. Is your Gin Palace over 150 Metres in length ;-)))))??

No. Nor is it glow worm illuminated :-)

Is the sun always over the Yardarm ;-)) ???



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