Specifications

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Navigationbuoysandbeaconsareplacedalongcoastalandnavigable

watersasguidestomarksafewaterandhiddendangers,aswellas

toassistboatoperatorsindeterminingtheirpositioninrelationtoland

Eachaidtonavigationprovidesspecificinformation

SeveralAidsareusuallyusedtogethertoformalocalsystemthathelps

theboatoperatorfollownaturalandimprovedchannelsSuchAidsalso

provideacontinuoussystemofchartedmarkersforcoastalpiloting

IndividualAidsareusedtomarklandfallfromseaward,andtomark

isolateddangers

Lateralmarkersarebuoysorbeaconsthatindicatetheportand

starboardsidesofaroutetobefollowedVirtuallyallUSlateralmarks

followthetraditional3-Rprincipleof“Red,Right,Returning”This

meansthatwhenreturningfromseaward,keeptheredmarkersonthe

right-hand(starboard)sideofthevessel

BoatoperatorsrelyonAidstoNavigationalonefordeter-

miningtheirpositionStormsandwaveactioncanmovebuoysoutof

place

1shortblast(1sec)

Port-to-PortPassing(preferred)

2shortblasts(1seceach)

Starboard-to-StarboardPassing