"Norm of Bandersnatch" wrote: > Flashing yellows are also used on the bow of barges under tow. I have > also > seen flashing yellows and flashing whites on fixed objects. So there > is > little consistency here. I endeavor to identify them on the chart and > generally avoid them.
SFWIW: A couple of weeks ago,the brother of the Sanchez sisters (U S Congress women), and his girl friend left Los Angeles harbor about midnight headed for Catalina Island, 26+ miles of open ocean, in a 26 ft Bayliner. There was little moon light. There didn't make it. The boat containing the bodies was found turtled in about 150 ft of water, about 5 miles from harbor. A tug towing a barge with an 1,100 ft hawser was operating in the area. It is assumed the Bayliner hit the barge. I have been on a boat this time of year, headed for Catalina under similar conditions. It can be a little scary. I tend to be a little paranoid under those conditions, but I treat tug boats as if they were my sworn enemy whose sole purpose was to sink me and give them a VERY WIDE berth. Haven't been hit yet. YMMV Lew _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
