Loper

20:56 Oct 31, 2013 

Those were my suspicions too, looks like I'll have to find a way to work around it. Thank you for the contributions.

17:40 Oct 31, 2013 

yeah, I see now.

looks like it is simply referred to as the 'front light' or 'rear light'

17:38 Oct 31, 2013 

You're telling us things we've already established. Collectively, the lights are known as lichtlijnen or leading lights. We're trying to find out whether there's a term for the rear light, other than "rear light". There is in Dutch, but there may not be in English.

17:35 Oct 31, 2013 

See:

'Twee lichten worden zodanig geplaatst dat het ene licht zich voor het andere bevindt. Het voorste licht is lager en wordt het lage licht genoemd, en het achterste licht is hoger en wordt het hoge licht genoemd. Wanneer de twee lichten vanaf een schip gezien worden, vormen de twee lichten pas een verticale lijn wanneer een vaartuig zich in het veilige vaarwater bevindt. Wanneer de twee lichten niet recht boven elkaar uitgelijnd zijn, kan het schip buiten het veilge gebied komen.' (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtlijn)

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'Two lights are positioned near one another. One, called the front light, is lower than the one behind, which is called the rear light. At night when viewed from a ship, the two lights only become aligned vertically when a vessel is positioned on the correct bearing. If the vessel is on an incorrect course, the lights will not align.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_lights )

17:30 Oct 31, 2013 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_lights leads to: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtlijn

this, plus the fact that the source text contains: 'Dit worden lichtlijnen genoemd'

... I think Lianne is right.

17:30 Oct 31, 2013 

I can't find anything other than "rear light". If there is no other term for it, you might just as well leave out the whole sentence from the translation.

17:21 Oct 31, 2013 

Yeah, I missed that. I thought the lights were on the boat. You're right. Sorry. Multitasking.

17:14 Oct 31, 2013 

But Michael, these all refer to lights ON a boat. You didn't like my answer because it pertained to lights on a boat, and I think that you are correct, but in that case this website, although pretty, is not pertinent, right?

17:11 Oct 31, 2013 

I am not sure though what 'fall' would refer to. It should be more something like navigational beacon

17:10 Oct 31, 2013 

Yeah, I have nothing other than the word 'fall' (and the domain: [SHIP.]). Not much use I'm afraid.

17:08 Oct 31, 2013 

No, it's not the running lights of a ship. I'm interested in that first reference of yours, "fall", but I haven't been able to find any other mentions of it.

17:03 Oct 31, 2013 

16:53 Oct 31, 2013 

Hey, how is that Ultramarin Maritime lexicon? Do you have the CD-ROM?

16:51 Oct 31, 2013 

No idea really, but my Groot Woordenboek Industrie & Techniek (GWIT) gives:

loper [SHIP.] = fall

maybe useful