Steve Christensen wrote:

I have also come to the conclusion that masthead anchor lights are close to
useless on sailboats. About all they do is meet the legal requirements, they
don't actually illuminate the boat.

In many of the anchorages we frequent, I find that when it's too dark to
see boats, the masthead light does a nice job lighting up the water
around the boat. I avoid where the streaks of light are pointing to. I
guess if there were no waves, it wouldn't work as well, but that doesn't
happen much around here.

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