Boating Safety and Navigation Rules Flashcards
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A red buoy marks which side of a channel when returning from open water toward a harbor?
Answer: The right (starboard) side
Under 'red right returning,' keep red buoys on your starboard side when returning from sea.
What does a green can buoy indicate?
Answer: Keep it on your port side when returning to port
Green cans are odd-numbered marks kept to port when returning from open water.
A buoy with red and white vertical stripes indicates what?
Answer: Safe water or mid-channel, pass on either side
Red-and-white vertically striped buoys mark safe water or the center of a channel.
What does a white buoy with an orange diamond mean?
Answer: Danger warning
An orange diamond is a danger marker warning of rocks, dams, or other hazards.
A white regulatory buoy with an orange circle displays what type of marking?
Answer: A controlled area such as a speed or no-wake zone
An orange circle indicates a controlled area, often with restrictions like speed limits printed inside.
What color light does a lighted buoy on the port side of a channel typically show?
Answer: Green
Port-side channel marks generally show green lights, matching green can buoys.
A buoy showing an orange square with a boat symbol crossed out means what?
Answer: Boats are excluded from that area
An orange crossed-out symbol marks an exclusion area closed to boating.