I don’t do much night racing but when I did, I found stanchion flashlight mounts very useful. Aim the pair at your favorite tell tales (or at all of the tell tales if you have multiple pairs of mounts and flashlights) with a red filter on them and you’re good to go. Don’t remember where I got them any longer. With more recent led flashlights, the batteries would easily last the night—the older non led flashlights usually only lasted until dawn—barely!
FWIW Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, February 26, 2023, 12:01 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I just read an interesting article in Practical Sailor on red vs. white lights and night vision. It reminded me to ask a question of those more experienced about night racing. I have only done this a few times and found upwind steering at night to be a real challenge. I normally steer by the genoa telltales. In light, shifting winds which we inevitably encounter at the darkest hours, it is especially important to steer well to keep the boat moving, but it is hard. We used a hand held spotlight to periodically check the telltales, but that destroys night vision. Are there better solutions? Thanks- Dave S/V Aries1990 C&C 34+New London, CT Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
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