Do my mast lights meet regulations???

[YankeeRebel]

Okay, on the very top of mast I have a 360 degree white light, and a tiny 360 degree LED light. Also, a couple inches below the spreaders a light is mounted on the forward face of the mast pointing down at the deck.
1) The two at the top, is one the steaming and the other the anchor ? And if so, the LED should be used as the anchor since it draws less power and is on all night? So the steaming is wired to the "navigation lights" switch and the anchor light should be wired to it's own switch? correct?
2) So what about the light that points down at my deck? Is this wired to the "nav lights" switch or a seperate switch?

3) So, one positive wire to each light, and one shared negative? Do i run all seperate wires and zip-tie or do i get fat wire with 4 wires already inside? These will be run about 40 feet so what gage would i go with? Should i go with 5 stranded in case i add something in the future?

oh, by the way....It's Venture 25 that will be used on inland lakes in New York.

[40Toes]

Okay, on the very top of mast I have a 360 degree white light, and a tiny 360 degree LED light. Also, a couple inches below the spreaders a light is mounted on the forward face of the mast pointing down at the deck.
1) The two at the top, is one the steaming and the other the anchor ? And if so, the LED should be used as the anchor since it draws less power and is on all night? So the steaming is wired to the "navigation lights" switch and the anchor light should be wired to it's own switch? correct?
2) So what about the light that points down at my deck? Is this wired to the "nav lights" switch or a seperate switch?

3) So, one positive wire to each light, and one shared negative? Do i run all seperate wires and zip-tie or do i get fat wire with 4 wires already inside? These will be run about 40 feet so what gage would i go with? Should i go with 5 stranded in case i add something in the future?

oh, by the way....It's Venture 25 that will be used on inland lakes in New York.

On the lights only, you should probably get yourself a copy of Collision Regulations and then the US modifications for inland waterways to sort out your lighting. For example sailing at night you wouldn't display the masthead light (which doesn't need to be at the masthead) The masthead light's arc is actually 225 degrees not 360 degrees. If you were underway with power you would show your masthead (225 degrees), sidelights and sternlight. At anchor you would use the light at your masthead (360 degrees) which needs to be visible for 2 nm. Some have use the polarity difference between regular light bulbs and LEDs to use one power run to both lights and then an additional switch to control which light is on. The light below your spreaders is where your masthead light probably should be (225 degrees) and perhaps the previous owner modified that as a foredeck working light. At night your boat's aspect and configuration ie. power, sail, anchor, is determined by the lights you show. Just some thought to get you moving in the right direction, good luck with it all.

[Catigale]

Boats below 12metres (40 feet ) in length can use either the 225 degree steaming light or a 360 while under power.

As above the COLREGS spell it out pretty well. For upstate NY lake sailing ( my venue) it is also good to have a powerful light to illuminate your sails if someone gets close.