Friday, May 3, 2013

Another strange observation...

When I passed my basic boat driver's licence (written test only) in Miami two years ago, they taught us that on each boat for regulation and safety reason, there is always, for night time navigation, two different colors of light blinking of each side of the boat. One colours per side, that way other boats know if the boat is coming at them or if the boat is going away, thus also knowing to which side of the host they are.
Well, in some way very funny, but in another way slightly scary, I just realized that all the boats (locals' and fishermen') docked here around the village, instead of having one light per side, actually only have one light, but blinking red, blue, red, blue, red, blue for some, and for others, green, blue, green, blue...there must have definitely been some sort of lost in translation when the international code of navigation and its rules and regulations got communicated to such remote locations.
Lol, I can so picture one of these little wooden fishing boats entering the Miami bay by night with its little bicolor blinking non sense light. Would love to see the face of the Miami coast guards. Hahaha!

1 comment:

  1. At least you saw one light....I have seen boats with absolutely NO lights....and speeding at 40 knots +.....lol!

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