Boaters saftey "quiz" for fun.

What does a Green bouy with a "4" on it mean? If you can answer it ask another question and see what others reply. This will see how much everyone knows.

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You wouldn't have a green buoy with a "4" painted on it - green buoys are numbered with odd numbers. A green buoy is passed to the right (buoy on port side) when returning from sea. A chart notation for a buoy marked "4S" would mean that the light on it flashes at 4 second intervals.

Q: What is a "daymarker?"

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an aid to navigation that is not lighted.

what does 'true virgins make dull companions at weddings' mean?

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thats not a question or a trick question

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mattttt25 said:

an aid to navigation that is not lighted.

what does 'true virgins make dull companions at weddings' mean?

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I'm not familiar with the "at weddings" part but this is a memory aid for converting a true course off a chart to a compass course to steer by.

True=True course
Virgins=Variation
Make=Magnetic course
Dull=Variation
Companions=Compass course

I use this with "west is best" and "east is least" to remember to add or subtract the variation and deviation

Here's a question: As defined by the "Rules of the Road" when is a vessel "underway" and when is it "making way"?

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mattttt25 said:

an aid to navigation that is not lighted.

what does 'true virgins make dull companions at weddings' mean?

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Uhhhh... chicks are cool?

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Green bouys are taken on the port side when returning from sea, not starboard.

Daymarkers are red or green colored boards usually on poles, but they are lit as well.

"At weddings" refers to Add Westerly errors.

Underway refers to a boat not at anchor and not moored. Making way refers to a boat that is under power (either wind, motor, or oar) and moving.

Just to clear a few things up

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RED RIGHT RETURN RRR easy to remember



Tommays

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What was the pirate movie rated?

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DR is right, my mistake ... you pass to the right, which puts the buoy to your port side. Thanks for the catch.

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Drowned Rat said:

Green bouys are taken on the port side when returning from sea, not starboard.

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Good eye DR! I didn't notice that error.

But here's a bit of trivia. If one was boating in Europe, Africa, and most of Asia, including Australia and New Zealand. Where the "International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authority" (IALA) System "A" is used; Red buoys are kept to port when entering from seaward and green buoys are kept to starboard. But mostly "Cardinal" bouys are used.

We use IALA system "B" in North, Central, and South America, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Red buoys are kept to starboard (red right returning) when entering from seaward, green buoys are kept to port. We also have Cardinal bouys but they are not so common.

In general, here on the west coast of Canada (and possibly in the USA), when one is traveling northward this is considered to be traveling inbound. But there are places along the Inside Passage and here in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) where one is traveliing westward, which is travelling seaward, but the buoys are set up for traveling inbound.

Also keep in mind that bouys are moored and can be off their charted position and should only be used as a aid to navigation. Always consult an up to date marine chart and used fixed landmarks to establish your position and which course to use.