What is the "spirit of the law". That's dumb. It's either against the law or not.

If a boat light is blinding another boat and you can't see then it can be deemed dangerous. Also all those led's some boats run with are illegal since you can only have red /green and white while running.

That would blind me if we were approaching head on in a boat lane. Hopefully the operator of the boat is smart enough to turn it off in that situation. I use a Qbeam to run at night. But only sparingly and NEVER when there is an oncoming boat. And I can't see your port/starboard nav lights which is illegal, if you are underway.

That should be a real fish attractor with the motor down in the water.. or scare them into the next county..

It is the discretion that police officers use to enforce the intent of the law since some things have a grey area and are not necessarily black and white. It has a lot to do with the community standards in an area. For instance not pulling you over and writing a ticket for driving 56 in a 55 mph zone or not crossing an intersection in the right side of the crosswalk. It is applied everyday. If you ever looked at a penal code or traffic code, you'd be hard pressed to not have violated some law during the course of a day by the letter of the law.

don't get me wrong, Rigid makes great LED's for boats. I just like GObee and the ability to use the remote to move the light when needed, like when another boat is on-coming or if the boat is turned and I need to keep the light on the buoy (fork boat lanes).