Many of the tugs / barges / workboats on the Chessy have so many deck
lights on at night, you can't pick out the nav lights. Big ships also.

Scotty

"Shen44" wrote in message
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Subject: Rules of the Road Question #1
From: DSK
Date: 12/7/2004 5:20 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

INLAND ONLY Which lights are required for a barge,
not part of a compostite unit, being pushed ahead?

A. Sidelights and a sternlight
B. Sidelights, a special flashing light, and a sternlight.
C. Sidlights and a speical flashing light.
D. Sidelights, a towing light, and a sternlight.



Shen44 wrote:
Ans. C

Where is this rule? The reference I have says that two vertical
white
lights at the mast head is the signal for a tow or pushing a
barge...
thre vertical lights if it exceeds 200 meters in length (which
would be
a pretty darn big barge).

Regards
Doug King


Doug,
The question is asking about the barge, not the towboat. The three
vertical
lights on the towboat would involve a towing astern configuration,
not
towing/pushing ahead.

Shen