<figure id="attachment_8453" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8453" style="width: 225px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Boat-sheared-by-bridge-at-night-on-Curtis-Creek-Baltimore-AACFD.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8453" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Boat-sheared-by-bridge-at-night-on-Curtis-Creek-Baltimore-AACFD-225x300.jpg" alt="Boat sheared by bridge at night on Curtis Creek Baltimore AACFD" width="225" height="300" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8453" class="wp-caption-text">Boat sheared by bridge at night on Curtis Creek Baltimore AACFD</figcaption></figure>
<h1><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: x-large;">Too fast for night boating or ‘who put that bridge there?’</span></h1>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">BALTIMORE, MD. Boating at night is fraught with risk for those uneducated on navigation and safe boating practices. The Anne Arundel County Fire Department reports on two hapless souls who were out for a ride on the water and returning at night-time managed to hit a bridge and rip off the top of their speedboat.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Maxxd-Out-at-pier-John-R.-Smith-III.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8457" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Maxxd-Out-at-pier-John-R.-Smith-III-300x225.jpg" alt="Maxx'd Out at pier John R. Smith III" width="300" height="225" /></a>Two people were transported to Shock Trauma Sunday evening, May 3, 2015, following a boating accident on Curtis Creek. Around 9:40 p.m. firefighters and paramedics were requested to respond to the United States Coast Guard Yard in the 2400 block of Hawkins Point Road to meet one a USCG vessel bringing in two injured patients from a boating accident. </span></p>
<figure id="attachment_8456" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8456" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Maxxd-Out-side-view.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8456" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Maxxd-Out-side-view-300x106.jpg" alt="Maxx'd Out side view. Facebook" width="300" height="106" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8456" class="wp-caption-text">Maxx&#8217;d Out side view. Facebook</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Coast Guard personnel on patrol heard cries for help and located the injured people and damaged vessel. The vessel had apparently struck a bridge outside of the channel, shearing off the top of the boat and ejecting the passengers. The injured boaters were brought in to shore and transferred to paramedics. A 24-year old-female and a 47-year-old male were transported by paramedics with serious but not believed life threatening injuries.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_8459" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8459" style="width: 225px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CSX-railroad-bridge-over-Curtis-Creek.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-8459" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CSX-railroad-bridge-over-Curtis-Creek.jpg" alt="photo from Bridgetender of CSX bridge over Curtis Bay shows its a safe bet that any boater on the creek would not be surprised it exists. " width="225" height="225" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8459" class="wp-caption-text">photo from Bridgetender of CSX bridge over Curtis Bay shows its a safe bet that any boater on the creek would not be surprised it exists.</figcaption></figure>
<h2>Safe boating at night from Boating Magazine:</h2>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Yet, nighttime navigators need not bite their nails. With the right equipment and decent weather, a night cruise can be safe, enjoyable, adventurous and even romantic.</p>
<div id="in-content-ad-1" class="gpt-hidden-ad in-content-ad" style="background: #ffffff; font: 14px/14px 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: -1px !important; padding: 0px !important; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; border-image: none !important !important; width: 1px !important; height: 1px !important; text-align: center; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: hidden !important; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block !important; white-space: normal; position: absolute !important; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px) !important; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></div>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Fortunately, there are more tools than ever to enhance or supplant our vision when navigating at night. GPS/chart plotters, detailed electronic cartography, advanced radar, thermal imaging, night-vision scopes and spotlights not only increase the safety factor but also inspire enough confidence to enjoy boating after dark.</p>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI;"><strong>Slow and Easy</strong><br />
</span>The first rule of night boating is to slow down, no matter what high-tech navigation equipment you have on board. Even on a moonlit evening, you just can’t see as well as during the day. Objects won’t come into view until they are fairly close. If you’re going too fast, you might not be able to maneuver quickly enough to avoid a collision with an unlit object such as a crab-pot buoy or floating timber.</p>
<h3 style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">The best speed on any given night depends on visibility. During a full moon, you might feel comfortable running the boat a bit faster than you would on a night when everything fades to black. Are you in open isolated water, or are you bound by the confines of a narrow channel? The locale plays into how fast is safe as well. The important thing is not to rush. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-size: 18pt;"><strong><em>Just like on a romantic date, take it easy, cowboy.</em></strong></span></h3>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI;"><strong>Mood Lighting</strong><br />
</span>Onboard lighting is a tricky thing when navigating at night. You need backlighting to see your instruments and electronics, and an overhead light to read a chart.</p>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Yet once your eyes have acclimated to the dark, too much onboard light can destroy your night vision. Once this occurs, your eyes will need to readjust: Your pupils need to rewiden, and the rods, special cells that provide most of what we call “night vision,” must resensitize. This can take as long as 35 to 40 minutes.</p>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">With this in mind, most marine electronics allow you to adjust the brightness of the backlighting, and many units also have a “night mode” with a darker background to keep illumination levels to a minimum.</p>
<p style="background: #ffffff; font: 16px/1.5 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">When it comes to instrument illumination, red is the best color since it doesn’t desensitize the rods. Most newer instruments are equipped with dimmers to adjust the intensity of backlighting and preserve night vision.<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI; font-size: medium;"> <em><strong><a href="http://www.boatingmag.com/boatingsafety/navigating-night" target="_blank">&#8230;.MORE</a></strong></em></span></span></p>
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