HELPFUL INFORMATION
LATERAL MARKERS
Lateral markers indicate the sides of navigable channels.
They consist of lighted can or nun buoys and daymarks.
Each has a number and is either red or green. The
numbers on green markers are odd. Red markers have
even numbers.
Buoys are red or green floating ATONS. If lighted, they
have either red or green lights. Unlighted green buoys,
called cans, look like cylinders. Unlighted red nun buoys
have cone shaped tops with their points cut off. Don’t pass
too close to a buoy. You may foul your propeller in its
chain.
Buoys are anchored floating objects and may not always
be exactly in the same position.
Daymarks are red or green boards with numbers. They are
on posts or groups of pilings tied together and called
dolphins. Daymarks and their supports are daybeacons.
Daybeacons may or may not have lights. If a red or green
daybeacon has a light, it is the same color as the marker
— red or green. Red daymarks are triangular and have
even numbers. Green daymarks are square and have odd
numbers.
Red, Right, Returning is a basic rule to assist you in using
lateral markers. When you are returning from seaward,
keep red markers on your starboard (right) side when you
pass them. Keep green markers to your port side.
Returning from seaward is very clear if you have been on
the ocean. You are returning to port. By agreement, going
upstream on a navigational river is returning from seaward.
The outlet ends of the Great Lakes are also the seaward
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