I don’t think boats travel in reverse very often because it’s inefficient to do so. If the boat is going in reverse, it’s probably docking, maneuvering, or havi

I don’t think boats travel in reverse very often because it’s inefficient to do so. If the boat is going in reverse, it’s probably docking, maneuvering, or having problems. In any of those cases, the crew should be situationally aware enough, and the boat slow enough, that they don’t need color-coded lights to keep themselves from causing a collision.