Greetings fellow mariners, Here is this weeks offering aimed at day skipper level, enjoy.

On a night passage you see the following flashing lights. What are they telling you? If you were looking at them during the day describe what would you be looking at?

A flashing a white light twice every 10 seconds.
A green flashing light 3 times every 6 seconds
A red flashing light flashing twice and a long flash every 5 seconds.
One long flash every 10 seconds.

On the same night passage you see a steady white light ahead of you getting closer. What could you be looking at, what are you going to do? 

Shortly after, you see what looked like a port navigation light on your port side about 3 miles away, what is it and what are you going to do? 

You are approaching a small harbour at night. You see what you think is a torch flashing 2 short and 1 long flash, what could this mean?

My thoughts next week

 
 

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