Aides to Navigation© Capt. Matt
Mar 19, 1998
Aids to Navigation
What are all those red and green
things?
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1. Preferred Channel Marker, Red
and Green Nun labeled with the letter "C".
Because top color is red you would treat the marker as a
red nun if you want to take the preferred channel. |
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2. Lighted MOA (morse code alpha)
fairway or safe water marker labeled with the letter G.
This marks center of channel and can be passed on either
side. Light will flash morse code alpha one short and one
long (di dah). |
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3. USWMS regulatory buoy. In a
danger area the danger would be printed in the diamond. |
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4. Lighted green "Can
Buoy", port side channel marker returning from the
sea. Flashing Green light every 4 seconds and labeled
with the number 1. |
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5. Unlighted "Nun Buoy"
starboard channel marker when returning from the sea.
Labeled with the number 2. |
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6. Unlighted Can Buoy marks the
left side of the channel returning from sea and labeled
with the number 3.
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