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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: The Ferry Man on September 07, 2010, 17:43:27

Title: Mont St Michel displays Aground lights constanty?
Post by: The Ferry Man on September 07, 2010, 17:43:27

Hey guys,

Twice I have seen the Mont St Michel at night, and both times she is displaying what are on the SSE game as running aground red lights - three red lights on the mast? She was clearly not aground, so any ideas?

Thanks

TFM

Title: Re: Mont St Michel displays Aground lights constanty?
Post by: --tractorman-- on September 07, 2010, 17:49:21

Looks like its back to the research board for VSTEP!

Title: Re: Mont St Michel displays Aground lights constanty?
Post by: Ballast on September 07, 2010, 18:03:50

Hi TFM,

She's showing 3 all-round-visible red lights, meaning that she is restricted by draft. All other vessels (including sailing-, and fishing vessels) should give way to her.

I tried it on SSE and it looks like that only the Pride of Rotterdam shows 3 all-round-lights. All other vessels show 2 all-round-visible lights which are the right lights.

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7383/28945288.jpg)

They aren't consistant with the lights in SSE, in some occasion they show only 2 red all-round-visible and in other occasions they show the same lights in combination with the anchor lights. Just the 2 red lights means that the vessel is not under command and not underway but afloat. The combination with anchor lights, means she's aground.

Title: Re: Mont St Michel displays Aground lights constanty?
Post by: The Ferry Man on September 07, 2010, 18:26:56

thanks for the info Ballast  :thumbs:

I wonder why she is showing limited draught - she is the same draught as the Norman Spirit and Bretagne and less then the PoB, and neither of them showed it.

Well Thanks Ballast

Title: Re: Mont St Michel displays Aground lights constanty?
Post by: Ballast on September 07, 2010, 19:59:26

Maybe a silly question, but all vessels were in the same port? Needles to say that, for example, a draught of 17 meters in Dover strait is a different cookie then on the Atlantic  :)

Title: Re: Mont St Michel displays Aground lights constanty?
Post by: The Ferry Man on September 07, 2010, 20:00:47

This was the same port - Portsmouth, taken from the same day  ::)