Well, I was fishing this evening and as it got later I turned on my Nav lights as well as the interior cockpit blue safety lights as I always do. These lights come standard on some new Parkers, they are situated directly above the gunwall steps going fore and aft. Enter DNR.. I was told that no colored lights may be visible at any time unless tied to the dock. I explained that they are a factory installed safety feature , they are interior safely lights illuminating the steps. Response was "I don't care' . So I asked him, 'so no colored lights can be visible from outside the boat'? "correct" was the response. I went forward and turned on the red/white overhead cabin light to red and asked him about those as most all cabin boats seem to have them. His only response was "I'm going to do you a favor and not write you a warning, if I ever see them again I'm writing you a $85 ticket. Funny, He didn't say a word about the inflatable fanny pack preserver I was wearing, or the AutoTether to shut down the motors clipped to it, or the EPIRB clipped to it.
I understand that you can't hang a bunch of colored lights outside the boat, The cabin light is red and turns the entire cabin red, my chartplotters are blue, I's sure they are visible from a distance.
So anyone have a pointer to the USCG statute? I would have to believe that Parker would only install them if legal.
thanks
thanks
John
I understand that you can't hang a bunch of colored lights outside the boat, The cabin light is red and turns the entire cabin red, my chartplotters are blue, I's sure they are visible from a distance.
So anyone have a pointer to the USCG statute? I would have to believe that Parker would only install them if legal.
thanks
thanks
John