§ 43. Lights to be displayed. 1. Vessels classified. For the\napplication of this section vessels shall be divided into classes as\nfollows:\n Class A. Less than sixteen feet in length.\n Class 1. Sixteen feet or over and less than twenty-six feet in length.\n Class 2. Twenty-six feet or over and less than forty feet in length.\n Class 3. Forty feet or over and not more than sixty-five feet in\nlength.\n Class 4. Over sixty-five feet in length.\n Class 5. Rowboats, canoes and kayaks.\n 2. Every vessel in all weathers from sunset to sunrise shall carry and\nexhibit and, if carried, shall also exhibit from sunrise to sunset in\nrestricted visibility, and may exhibit in all other circumstances when\nit is deemed necessary, the following lights when under way, and during\nsuch times no other lights which may be mistaken for those prescribed\nshall be exhibited:\n (a) Every vessel of classes A and one shall carry the following\nlights:\n First. A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon.\n Second. A combined lantern in the fore part of the vessel and lower\nthan the white light aft, showing green to starboard and red to port, so\nfixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the\nbeam on their respective sides.\n (b) Every vessel of classes two and three shall carry the following\nlights:\n First. A bright white light in the fore part of the vessel as near the\nstem as practicable, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an\narc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw\nthe light ten points on each side of the vessel; namely, from right\nahead to two points abaft the beam on either side.\n Second. A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon and\nhigher than the white light forward.\n Third. On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show\nan unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the\ncompass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points\nabaft the beam on the starboard side. On the port side a red light so\nconstructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of\nten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right\nahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The said side\nlights shall be fitted with inboard screens of sufficient height so set\nas to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.\n (c) Every vessel of class four shall carry the following lights:\n First. On or in front of the foremast, or, if a vessel without a\nforemast, then in the fore part of the vessel, a bright white light so\nconstructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of\ntwenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw light ten points on\neach side of the vessel, namely from right ahead to two points abaft the\nbeam on either side, and of such character as to be visible at a\ndistance of at least five miles.\n Second. An additional after white light carried at an elevation at\nleast fifteen feet above the light at the head of the vessel and to show\nall around the horizon.\n Third. On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show\nan unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the\ncompass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points\nabaft the beam on the starboard side. On the port side a red light so\nconstructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of\nten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right\nahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The said side\nlights shall be fitted with inboard screens of sufficient height so set\nas to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.\n (d) Rowboats, canoes and kayaks, whether under oars or sail, shall\nhave ready at hand a lantern showing a white light which shall be\ntemporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.\n (e) Vessels of classes A and one when propelled by
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