After Dark

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After Dark

• Night Sailing
• with
• Captain Dan

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Planning

• It will be
• dark
• cold(er)
• disorienting

3
Bring

• Best specs
• Extra jacket, hat, gloves
• Light for life jacket
• Flashlight

4
Aboard

• Scrupulously do check list and check
• running lights
• steaming light
• binnacle light
• fuel level
• Type IV with light
• consider rigging jackline

5
Navigation

• Before setting out
• Plot course(s) times
• Have log ready to record speed, time
• Know what lights youll encounter

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CI at Night - plan view
Fl 4 sec
Fl 2 sec
Fl 4 sec
Fl 4 sec
Fl 6 sec
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Where are you?
Just outside the entrance to the harbor on normal
approach
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Where are you?
North of CI and VERY close to shore and headed
into the breakers
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Where are you?
Fl 4 sec
Fl (5) 30 sec
Fl
Just north of Port Hueneme Channel, heading home
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Where are you?
Fl 4 sec
Fl 4 sec
Fl 2.5 sec
Fl 6 sec
In BIG trouble - south of CI, very near shore
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What kind of vessel is this?
No masthead light - probably a sailboat
Which way is it going?
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Which way is he going?
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Yikes!
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That was close!

• The only time you can see both red and green is
  when the other boat is aimed directly at you.

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What kind of vessel is this?
Red over green, its a sailing machine. Also
note no masthead light
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
Single masthead light - power vessel lt50 meters
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
Single masthead light - power vessel lt50 meters
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
Probably a sailboat (no masthead light)
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
Two masthead lights - power 50 meters
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
Two whites in row, a tug and a tow. Tug is lt50
meters, tow is 200 meters.
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
Three whites in row, a tug and a LONG tow. Tug
is lt50 meters, tow is gt200 meters.
Which way is it going?
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What kind of vessel is this?
That is an anchor light, shipmate!
or possibly a stern light on a sail/small boat
Which way is it going?
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More lights

• Submarine (flashing yellow S)
• Hover craft (flashing yellow)
• Wing-in-ground effect (WIG)
• Trawling (Green over White)
• Tug stern (yellow over white)

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Man Overboard

• Throw lighted Type IV
• Get spot light on deck
• Victim
• use whistle
• turn on vest light

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Man Overboard

• Broad reach about 10 seconds
• Come about
• NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF VICTIM
• If not seen immediately, call Pan, Pan, Pan on
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Internal Fog

• The dodger windows can fog up
• They cannot be wiped clear
• Roll up the center windows, secure with straps
  that hang from overhead.