Not looking forward to 150 knot traffic that would hit my mast. If I was doing that in an actual airplane I would have to stay 500 feet away from everyone and be give-way to anything that wasn’t anchored or a lighthouse.
Amendments to the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, adopted in November 2001, entered into force on 29 November 2003. The amendments to existing Rules include new provisions relating to Wing-In Ground (WIG) craft.
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Rule 18 (f)
(i) A WIG craft, when taking off, landing and in flight near the surface, shall keep well clear of all other vessels and avoid impeding their navigation;
(ii) A WIG craft operating on the water surface shall comply with the Rules of this Part as a power-driven vessel.
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I do hope that, in general, you give way to lighthouses 
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Not always
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I like the 1800s version.
Well I can say legend or not I saw an exchange way back when as a midshipman in the Navy. We raised One Fathom Bank light in the morning watch and a volunteer reserve officer (a lawyer) told the signalman on watch to answer the light. The signaler went out to the wing of the bridge and cranked the shutters on the 10" signal light for a couple of seconds, came back to the bridge and stood smartly at attention. When asked what was the “ship” saying he said “I am a lighthouse sir.”
There was no reply from the lighthouse and some of us lowly types had to find urgent business out of the wheelhouse so we could breath and wipe the tears from our eyes.
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