I haven't seen mention of some of the issues with proas having interchangeable bows. I assume these have all been solved, but I am curious how:

1) bow and stern lights - red and green have to be reversed after shunting. I assume duplicate sets of lights, but it is a manual operation to remember each time?

2) autopilots - don't these get really confused after a shunt? Do they also need to be duplicated? (expensive)

3) radar/chartplotters, etc ... the same basic questions

4) masthead lights? i think i saw a post somewhere that rob mentioned he didn't care for masthead lights, although a central tube up the masts could be mounted to keep the lights from rotating with the mast, but where else can you put the lights without the sails obscuring them?

Thanks!

- Gardner Pomper

York, PA

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