Make Sure You are Taking Buoys Down the Correct Side.
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
- The lateral buoy system is not that difficult, but you need to know which side of your boat to take a particular buoy down. Not doing this correctly can be catastrophic. Shawn points out some common misunderstandings in the popular phrase "Red Right Return".
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I like the island story. I haven't encountered that situation but I can see how it could be confusing. It makes sense now.
I've watched boating CZcams videos for years. They've been entertaining. However, your videos are easy to follow, educational, thorough, and easy to remember! Thank you.
Wow, you just gave me goose bumps! Thank you so much, it's very kind of you to share. I've been doing this all of my life and this is how I want to close out the last chapter of my life - what a blessing.
I'm a newbie and I'm loving this. Easy to understand when you explain it. Thank You Captain.
a good example is traveling east into the cape cod canal the reds are off starboard, after you get thru the canal the reds switch to port side.
Hello from Westcoast Canada.We have red right returnihg.Returning to harbour. CHEERS from here!
Thank you so much for your comment, Darryl - I appreciate it!
Thanks for those points
VERY HELPFUL
Great job!
Thank you very helpful
Outstanding Chief
Thank you very much Tim!
I find it so frustrating Europe and US are the exact opposite in this regard.
I agree and I was completely ignorant to the fact until a couple old boys from the "Land Down Under" roasted me and gave me a history lesson about our revolutionary war:) Apparently we did that to put British ships in harms way and never went back. Thank you so much for you comment.
Hello and thank you for sharing your enormous treasure of knowledge.
“Red right returning to sea.” I’ve got that but we live on a barrier island of NJ and frequently travel the inland waterway where there are several inlets out to the ocean. I can never figure out how this phrase is applied in our situation. If I am headed south towards Hereford’s Inlet I am returning to sea and if I am headed North towards Townsend Inlet I am also returning to sea. So which is it? I hope that you can clear this up for me. Thanks again.
Oops, I asked too soon…the mainland. Ah ha, makes sense…..thanks again.
Thank you so much for your comment, Patricia! I'm sure this is just a mistake but it's "Red Right Returning FROM sea", I would hate for you to get confused. I was in some of the roughest seas I've ever been in of the coast of NJ. I was pretty sure we were all going to meet the maker that day. It was so rough a Russian grain ship broke apart 10 miles away from us and we couldn't response - it was too dangerous to deviate from our course. A Coast Guard helicopter picked up the crew.
The Inter Coastal Waterway (ICW) is actually pretty cool and you get miss all of those fun seas I was just sharing with you. It's really worth your time to figure it out. Thanks again!
Hello Sir, I would like to make this comment. As much as you say that Red Right Returning is an incomplete statement, also you may wish to consider that as you reach out to your audience, it is an international audience that you address. With that in mind, it maybe a point to mention that the system of buoyage you describe is for North, Central and South America, Japan, Korea and the Philippines, the IALA system B. The rest of the world uses IALA system A, which reverses the shapes and colors of the lateral markers. We have the term "Red to Red Returning from sea"
Perhaps the cabin cruiser you described, was unfamiliar with local waters... but, your point stands...know where you are and plan ahead
Thank you so much for your reply! I acknowledge your point about an international audience. A little humbling, I must admit. I have studied both systems while I was in the Coast Guard, but I love talking about the things I know firsthand. I don't have firsthand experience in those countries. I have been to Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean. I've been in and out of the ICW but have no experience in the western rivers. It was my sincere hope when I started this channel that I would meet people like you and have these conversations. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, experience and your opinion. I hope our paths will cross in the future and we can continue this conversation over a hot cup of coffee.
@Boat Training Online I also like to speak of things that I have experience with or learned first hand, that's the great thing about this platform, it connects people from all over the world...BTW I would have the first clue about the ICW navigation, but if I find myself in that part of the world, I'd look up a contact such as yourself...keep up the content :)
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@@clinty51 Clint, just out of curiosity - where do you hail from?
@Shawn Pollard I live in Queenland Australia,
That is a great video. But I would suggest that you tell people that the Red and Green only applies in the US. During the revolutionary war we reversed the red and green to screw up the British, and we never changed it back. The rest of the world uses the opposite. Take port to port when returning to port. Meaning take the red on the left (port) when returning. When an American travels outside the US, they should realize that places outside the US do actually exist.
Thank you so much for your comment! I had a couple O'L Boy's from the land down under straighten me out on that fact as soon as I dropped this video. I guess I need to get out of the U.S. more often:) I appreciate you!
What type of buoy/beacon would show this FI (4) 15s 28m 12m ?
Off the top of my head, it looks like a light house. Buoys are to close to the water's surface to be seen that far away. You'll find the best information on light characteristics from the Coast Guard's Light List Booklet.
I've heard that the reason that your system is different to that of most of the rest of the world on IALA System A is that your locals swapped the bouys to confuse the English during your battles for independence? Enemy ships floundered on bars and in shallows because of the confusion that ensued. Quite a clever and cheap defense! It seems to have some merit, and you simply never swapped back afterwards. So very American. ;) LOL Still, Australians and so many others simply can't watch these US-centric video training guides because they're frankly very, very incorrect for us.
Thank you so much for your comment, Chris! Clint, a fellow Aussie schooled me in this a couple of days ago. I was completely unaware and will have to pay close attention when I make it to the land down under. (definitely on my bucket list) I've never heard the war story, but it certainly makes sense to me. If it's any consolation, the skipper of the cabin cruiser didn't have an Australian accent;) Thanks again Mate!
If your teaching people to sail away , explore , teach them the correct way as in the rest of the world , red can to port for entry , or return from sea . 🤔
Thank you so much for you comment David!
All very well in USA. Rest. of the world is different
Thank you so much for your comment, some chaps from the land down under have already roasted me. [LoL] I'll be more careful with my dialog in future videos;)
Keep the mainland to the right (red) can be misleading. A better phrase is "Right red to Texas".
I love it and I agree! Thank you for your comment.
DANGER!!!
You’ve made two misleading or dangerous statements
#1 Preferred Cannel Markers. You stated that you can take them on either side: WRONG! This IS true IF you are “returning from the sea” but NOT if you are heading toward the sea. I’ve seen boats run aground because they took one of these on the wrong side.
Example: you are heading “toward the sea” in the alternate channel. You’ve been passing green cans on your right for miles. Up ahead you spot a junction buoy. It is GRG. Well, it looks mainly green … I’ve been passing green on my right for miles, so I guess I’ll keep this on my right as well? CRASH!!!
What happened? I’m in the ALTERNATE channel. That GRG was a RED for me!
If you study your chart ahead of time, you would have known this. It is IMPERATIVE that you study your chart before traversing unfamiliar waters.
#2) Red Green go Between: Dangerous!
A channel does not have to be marked with matching R and G; in fact, a channel can be marked with ONLY R or ONLY G! This would be common if one side of the channel was very deep; lateral markers would not be needed there.
If you see R and G markers, the do not necessarily mark the SAME channel!
Example: Shortly before the Detroit River meets Lake St. Clair, it splits around Belle Island. As you head up the alternate channel, you’ll notice R and G buoys on opposite sides of the river. Quite often, boats run aground motoring between the R and G buoys. Why? Because they mark TWO DIFFERENT CHANNELS! If they studied their charts, they also would have noticed that the G buoys were on the RIGHT and the R buoys were on the LEFT, despite the fact that they were “returning from the sea”.
Studying the charts, they would have noticed that the R buoys were marking a channel along the left shore. It was quite deep all the way to shore but shallow on the right side of the R buoys, heading upstream.
Likewise, the G buoys mark a separate channel on the right side of the river, heading upstream. It is shallow to the left of these G buoys but so deep to the right that no R buoys were placed.
The SCOTT MIDDLE GROUND is clearly depicted in the charts.
So. The most important Rule could be “Review your charts before entering unfamiliar waters”!
Don’t get me wrong. You’ve covered a LOT in 21 minutes! I barely cover this much in a two hour class. I just wanted to point out real life experiences of people getting in trouble following simple “rules” rather than studying their charts.
T, when I started this channel - I hoped it would inspire dialogue and comments like yours! You are spot on and I appreciate your comment! I would also like to underscore your advice to "Review your charts before entering unfamiliar waters".
@@boattrainingonline6561 I agree with you all. Read the charts first. That should be part of your pre-planning. As a retired worldwide airline captain, there is always a little difference in every country that can trip you up and cause you to blush.
Well, no one "returns" from the boat ramp. They return from the body of water. You make too much of it. You act like you hate boaters.
Thank you for your comment.