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Sailing
Questions about wind-propelled water vessels, their maintenance, handling and rules governing their use.
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What should you do if you see a green and white light on a vessel at night?
The green light would be the starboard steaming light, the white the masthead light. What you would do would depend on factors such as its releative bearing and in what waters you are sailing.
Because boats are lost worldwide to poor weather conditions without immediate notification, it is not possible to answer this question.
On power-driven vessels do Lights have to be turned on from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.?
I believe the navigation lighting requirement is that they have to be displayed between sunset and sunrise, and during periods of limited visibility such as fog, rain, or haze.
What is the foremast of a ship?
It is the mast that occupies the most forward (toward the bow, or up front) of positions on a multi-masted ship.
If there are two masts, the other longer mast closest to the middle of the ship would be the mainmast.
If there are three masts, the mast closest to the stern (aft) would be the mizzenmast.
What do you call a degree for sailing?
The points of a compass, in degrees, is your heading. As in, "We are on a ninety-degree course, sir."
Which country was the leading developer of advancements in sailing?
I believe it would be the Portugal.
Which ship allowed the Portuguese explorers to sail against the wind?
The caravels allowed them to sail closer to the wind than their predecessors.
Could a rowboat be faster than a sailboat?
If there is no wind and the sailboat has no auxiliary engine
What does it mean when you see only a red and a green light on a vessel at night?
Navigation lights, green starboard and red port. Masthead and stern lights should be white
When encountering other vessels in darkness what do visible white and red lights indicate?
In not knowing the configuration of the lights you are looking at, it is hard to answer. If the red light is lower on the vessel around the bridge, you maybe seeing the vessels port side (left) running light. The white light is going to be either a masthead light or possibly a stern light. However if the red light is much higher, atop the mast, then this could indicate more than a few different scenarios.
Lights & Shapes
Rule 21-International
Definitions
(b) "Sidelights" means a green light on the starboard side (right) and a red light on the port side (left) each showing an unbroken light from right ahead (000 degrees) to 22.5 degrees abaft of the beam on its respective side. In a vessel of less than 20 meters the sidelights maybe combined in one lantern carried fore and aft of the centerline.
