Preferred channel markers are buoys showing red and green bands.
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.
Red Right Returning- so the green buoy should be on your left side, the red on your right, and you in the middle.
Do not pass between the buoy and the shore
A buoy with both red and green bands typically indicates a safe water marker, signaling that it is safe to navigate between the two colors. In maritime navigation, this type of buoy often marks a fairway or a channel that is free from hazards. The red and green colors help boaters determine the correct course to follow, ensuring safe passage.
A can buoy is a floating cylindrical object in the water. They are red in British waters and green or black in US waters.
a red light, of course!
If it's "red right returning", it's green left returning and green right (starboard) going. That is to say, you pass it to the left (port) as you return to port.
Swim area not!! It is the navigable channel
Swim area not!! It is the navigable channel
A buoy with both red and green bands typically marks a navigational channel or indicates a junction where two channels meet. The red and green colors help boaters identify their position relative to the channel; usually, vessels should keep the red to their right when returning from sea (red-right-return). Such buoys provide critical information for safe navigation in waterways.
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