Boating 101+4

[Drowned Rat]

Here's a tricky one. You see ahead of you at night two lights, a Red on the left and a Green on the right and no others. It is only one craft. What is it?

 

[Tacklewasher]

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A boat approaching straight on.

 

[Drowned Rat]

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Wrong Tacklewasher.

 

[POINTER94]

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A sailboat under sail, coming right directly towards you. If it were under power it would have to be running a steaming light...

 

[Drowned Rat]

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Nope. Note the light configuration. A sailboat should also display a red over green on the mast.

 

[Tacklewasher]

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I'm still looking.

 

[18rabbit]

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It's the bow of the boat you are on.

 

[POINTER94]

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Are you sure of that???? Yea, I guess you are. Sucker bet....

 

[Tacklewasher]

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Originally posted by 18rabbit:<br />It's the bow of the boat you are on.

If that's the answer, I coming down and kicking his butt! Drowned Rat nothing. Gonna be "FishFood rat"

 

[Drowned Rat]

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Great guess 18rabbit, but wrong, you recognized the lights are backwards. It is a different craft though. This isn't a trick question. Also, you shouldn't be able to see your own bow lights.

 

[sloopy]

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Is it a pretty seaplane? Or ugly float plane? On the water?

 

[Drowned Rat]

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Sloopy wins. It is a seaplane, however it is the orientation of the seaplane that makes this question tricky.

 

[sloopy]

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What do I win?

 

[Drowned Rat]

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The admiration of your peers. The sea plane is inverted by the way.

 

[Tacklewasher]

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What. The seaplane is upside down?

 

[Drowned Rat]

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Right, an inverted sea plane flying directly toward you.

 

[sloopy]

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huh? What about an upright seaplane taxing or flying in front of you.

 

[Drowned Rat]

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If the plane were upright, SLOOPY, you would see a green light on the left and a red on the right. Not the other way around.

 

[sloopy]

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I don't know many sea planes that can fly upside down, or any pilots who would risk it.<br /><br />A red light is positioned on the left wingtip of an aircraft, a green light is on the right, and a white light is on the tail. If if the airplane were to fly in your direction and fly over you and land you would still see the red and green lights.

 

[sloopy]

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In other words if it were daylight you would see the back of an airplane.