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Ever had a close call while on the water?
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<blockquote data-quote="PATRIOT" data-source="post: 362110" data-attributes="member: 8891"><p>You discovered the reason behind 180 degree red/green bow lights and 360 degree white stern lights. It's all but impossible to judge distances at night from a single "mag-light" or any other single white light.</p><p>Chalk it up to experience and invest in bow lights.</p><p></p><p>The only close call I've had is in the Intercoastal Waterway outside of South Padre Island Texas . . . almost broadsided a slow moving freighter around midnite . . . they don't have many lights down at the waterline where I was. He moved in front of a few stars which is the only way I saw him in time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PATRIOT, post: 362110, member: 8891"] You discovered the reason behind 180 degree red/green bow lights and 360 degree white stern lights. It's all but impossible to judge distances at night from a single "mag-light" or any other single white light. Chalk it up to experience and invest in bow lights. The only close call I've had is in the Intercoastal Waterway outside of South Padre Island Texas . . . almost broadsided a slow moving freighter around midnite . . . they don't have many lights down at the waterline where I was. He moved in front of a few stars which is the only way I saw him in time. [/QUOTE]
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