Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Docking Lights, Blue Lights, and Spotlights Date:   7/4/2014 11:28:45 PM

Well, we had our usual share of self important or maybe just plain ignorant boaters on the lake tonight under way in open water with their docking lights on.  Not only is it against the law, it is totally ineffective as a way to see other boats.

Then there are all of the boats with blue lights along the side.  Coming back from the fireworks those lights were bright enough to interfere with other boaters night vision and on some it was hard to see the nav lights because they were obscured by the blue lights.

But the one that takes the cake is the idiot who decided he/she would use one of those million candlepower spotlights to identify the other boats in the area.  Needless to say they temporarily blinded the pilots of the boats they spotlighted.

But the fireworks were good as usual and I hope all made it back safely.