On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:16:25 -0800, Gordon wrote:

A lot of commercial fishing boats spend the night at sea drifting. To
be seen better, they use a strobe light. Legal or not, they want to be seen.
I/m thinking an all around white LED anchor light could be wired to a
relaxation oscillator or 555 timer chip to create a low current draw
white strobe. Yes? No?
Gordon

An anchor light is not bright enough to be easily seen.

Why not a man overboard strobe like this?

http://shop.sailnet.com/product_info...ducts_id/25848

or this

http://www.safetycentral.com/manovxestli.html