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Mysterious Green Light

  • July 30, 2012 8:02 AM
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    Message # 1025866
    Anonymous member

    Can anybody tell me what the green light above my steaming light is for?  Again it is above the steaming light about 7/8th's up the mast with a silver cover below, so it shines straight ahead and up.  I'm confused.  I have the steaming and anchor lights, but this one is an anomaly.

    Tyler
  • July 30, 2012 8:21 AM
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    Reply # 1025888 on 1025866
    Anonymous
    If I'm not mistaken, the old lighting pattern for sailboats was a red over green on the mast.  It's probably an artifact from those days.  I have the same thing on my boat.

    Terry Shoup
  • August 01, 2012 11:51 AM
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    Reply # 1027943 on 1025866
    Anonymous member
    Terry is right, the red over green denoted a vessel under sail.  No longer applicable.  Some owners have replaced one of the lenses with a clear one for a white steaming light under power, and the other old lens should have the bulb removed.