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> the channel and the buoy don't have port or starboard sides In the context of a channel, the buoys (marks) are coded port and starboard, coloured red and gre
by manarth 3y ago
> the channel and the buoy don't have port or starboard sides
In the context of a channel, the buoys (marks) are coded port and starboard, coloured red and green, and shaped like a can or a cone respectively.
When navigating a channel into harbour, the port marks are left to the port of the ship, and the starboard marks to starboard.
- midasuni 3y agoRed right returning
- manarth 3y agoA nice, solid, memorable rule, which works all the time. Just like "I before E except after C". Except when weird species seize their feisty foreign neighbours.
- roelschroeven 3y agoBut be careful, because there are two configurations for lateral marks, called Region A and Region B, as defined by IALA. In Region A (Europe, Greenland, Africa, most of Asia, most of Oceania) port marks are red and starboard marks are green. In Region B (North and South America, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan) port marks are green and starboard marks are red.