"Chuck Gould" wrote:
ake your time, have patience and don't rush home after the
fireworks show. Don't take shortcuts and post extra lookouts with a
spotlight.


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
What's wrong with that?


Nothing, as long as the lookout(s) with the spotlight know
how to use one properly... however most people who blunder
about in the dark with a spotlight only blind everybody
around them, including the skipper. But it's really beyond
the scope of an articel like this to teach how to use a
spotlight properly (and most people who need to learn would
not gain anything by it).

I hate to have other boaters shine their spotlight on our
boat at night. In fact, I repay the favor by shining mine at
them. We very rarely use the spotlight at all, otherwise.

Fair Skies
Doug King