On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:52:49 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:59:11 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


As in "Rehberg was a passenger in a 22-foot Mirage and not at the wheel
when the boat ran up on the rocks..."

This happens far too often, running too fast at night. You wonder why no
one has ever, at least considered, putting some headlights on boats.

I have a set of remotely operated spots on the bow of the Grady and
one under the T-top of my Ranger that I use on really dark nights when
I need to find something against a dark shoreline.

The problem with operating headlights, I suspect, is night blindness
caused by bright lights. I know from my days on the rigs and running
the Venice Canal that when you get hit with a strong white light on a
dark night, your night vision is shot to hell for a while.

I dunno - maybe it's something that needs to be researched.