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You basically have to keep that type of buoy to your right if you are traveling up stream.
It is a mid-channel marker. You can pass to either side, traffic permitting. It is also called a "safe water" buoy because it indicates no obstruction.
A boat should cruise between a green and red buoy. The red buoy will always be located on the right side of your boat. Red buoys will always mean , returning, red, and right. There will be a number on a red buoy that will give the chart location. The numbers will always be even.
Sim's diamond is naturally a healthy green color. A red diamond would indicate a severe lacking of basic needs fulfilled and that their mood is very bad.
Do not pass between the buoy and the shore
Keep the buoy on your right side
Keep the red buoy on the right side of your boat. If the red buoy is on the left side of the boat, you're about to run aground. "Red to the Right, Returning."
Pass the buoy so that it is to your right (red right returning).
White lights are found on usually indicate mid-channels or fairways. These buoys will usually have red and white vertical stripes.
A port or starboard buoy depending on what region you are in
red
A red cone shaped buoy, called a nun buoy, usually marks the right side of the channel when you are returning from the sea or going upstream. Remember it by saying, red, right, returning.