Being better seen at night

Nicholas Koligiannis lights up his yacht's mast

- Nicholas Koligiannis

Perhaps we're asking too much of the good old anchor light.

Set against the lights of a busy town or a lively Greek chora, it's bound to disappear. Add a busy anchorage, a moonless sky and the arrival of a yacht skippered by an exhausted solo sailor -or a tipsy charter crewmember-and you have a recipe for disaster.