An effective way to safely sail at night is to shine a light on your sail if you hear a powerboat.

Powerboat operating at night light. A powerboat is operating at night. Operating in Darkness. Larger sailboats should have lights similar to the powered boat lights on the side and the aft but there could also have a tri-color light on the masthead that can be visible up to 2 miles away.

The Marine Safety Act requires that lights must be displayed from sunset to sunrise and. Rowboats kayakers and canoers at night. The result is that the light appears to be moving.

It is required that Basic Powerboat Cruising Certification courses and examinations be conducted on cruising powerboats with adequate equipment to complete all certification outcomes. Navigation lights are also required for human-powered vessels canoe kayak or for a sailing pleasure craft of less than 7 metres in length not under power. When only white and red lights are visible you are approaching the port side of a powerboat.

Give way to your starboard side. It is more difficult to judge speeds and distances at night or in restricted visibility. The starboard sideright side should display a green light.

When operating a powerboat at night the port sideleft side should display a red light. Whenever one is operating in darkness one must display their navigational lights to make one visible to other boaters. Navigation lights are required for your power boat at all times but will need to be turned on when you are operating your power boat at night or during periods of restricted visibility such as fog so that other vessels are able to spot you.

Visual autokinesis can occur when staring at a single light source for several seconds on a dark night. From which directions must the white masthead light be visible. A powerboat anchored at night must display an all-around white light.