When you use any vehicle at night, even a bicycle, consider that there is no headlight to illuminate your front. It becomes almost impossible to use the tool. This is the case with almost all vehicles we can think of, except ships!
Maybe there are some reasons that came to your mind, but it is useful to listen to it first hand. Let’s look at the clarifications of our shipbuilding engineer together.
Yes, we see the lights of the ships as they approach the shore, but we cannot call them ‘headlights’.
The lights we see on ships are hardly used to illuminate anything other than docks, nor are they designed to guide the way. Sometimes they can be used in bottlenecks such as the Dardanelles.
These navigation lights, which are red and green in the front and white in the back; It shows the distances, routes, directions of the ships on their night voyages, and whether they are underway or not. In fact, it is preferable for the ship to be as dark as possible, and even the windows are closed with curtains so that the outward light does not dazzle another captain.
This situation can be a little more understandable when the waters do not equate with the highways.
Unlike highways, waterways do not have certain lanes or bumps. Captains determine their routes using maps and buoys.
If ships had headlights, they could only provide a limited range of vision, and the light would reflect off the water, reducing overall visibility. This can confuse other captains and increase the risk of an accident.
The moon’s light is enough to illuminate the surroundings.
The light by which the Moon illuminates the Earth should not be underestimated. For captains, moonlight is more functional than artificial lighting. In cases where the moonlight is insufficient, they can continue their cruise in a healthy way by using only radars without using artificial light.
The night vision of the captains is much better than we expected.
Imagine you enter a dark room from sunlight. At first, everything is pitch black, but as your eyes gradually get used to it, you begin to select the objects around you. The eyes of the captains are quite accustomed to dark voyages.
The importance given to wildlife is also undeniable.
Many ships pass through waters inhabited by various creatures. An intense artificial light can disrupt the natural behavior of animals, such as feeding or migration. To avoid disturbance to wildlife, captains are instructed not to use bright lights when traveling at night.
For all the reasons that make sense when you read it, unlike other vehicles, ships do not have headlights.
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