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1 - U.S. Aids to Navigation System (ATON)
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- 1Red Channel MarkersPort side downstream
Starboard side upstream
Even numbers increase heading upstream
"Red Right Returning"
- 2Green Channel Markersstarboard side downstream
port side upstream
Odd numbers increase heading upstream - 3Junction BuoysTop indicates preferred (primary) channel.
- 4Safe Water MarkerMid-channels or fairways and may be passed on either side.
- 5Buoys TypesCan
Nun
Daymarks
Non lateral
Mooring
Obstruction marker
- 6Can BuoyRectangular
Green
Odd Numbers
- 7Nun BuoyRed
Triangular
Even Numbers
- 8DaymarksPermanently structures
In a river, numbers indicate the distance to the mouth
- 9Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)Keep yellow triangles on
your starboard and squares on your port.
- 10Non-Lateral MarkersGive directions and/or information.
- 11Mooring BuoyThese are the only buoys you may tie up to legally.
- 12Inland Waters Obstruction MarkerObstruction to navigation. Do not pass between these buoys and the nearest shore.
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