Abbreviations

Cardinal Buoys for Buoyage System A & B

North Cardinal	East Cardinal	South Cardinal	West Cardinal
White Light; V.Q. Flashing Or Quick Flashing Continuous; Pass to the North side of this buoy	White light; V.Q.or Q. Flashing 3 every 5 or 10 seconds; Pass to the East side of this buoy	White light; V.Q. or Q. 6 flashes plus a long flash every 10 or 15 seconds; Pass to the South side of this Buoy	White light; V.Q. or Q. 9 Flashes every 10 or 15 seconds; Pass to the West side of this buoy
Cardinal Buoys (Marking a new danger)
This lets you know there is a new danger that may not be in the weekly notices to mariners; The second cardinal buoy will have a racon beacon that you will see on your radar display, usually Morse D You still keep to the North side of the buoy's
Lateral Marks for Buoyage System A (Check charts for direction of Buoyage)
Port Hand Lateral Mark	Port Hand Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Starboard	Starboard Hand Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Port	Starboard Hand Lateral Mark
Red Light; Any Rhythm except 2 +1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side	Red Light; Flashing 2 +1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side, you can go up the wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow drafted vessel and have local knowledge of the area	Green Light; Flashing 2 + 1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to port and take the buoy down your starboard side, you can go up the wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow drafted vessel and have local knowledge of the area	Green Light; Any Rhythm except 2 + 1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to port and take the buoy down your starboard side
Lateral Marks for Buoyage System B (Check Charts for Direction of Buoyage)
Port Hand Lateral Mark	Port Hand Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Starboard	Starboard Hand Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Port	Starboard Hand Lateral Mark
Green Light; Any Rhythm except 2 +1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side	Green Light; Flashing 2 +1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side, you can go up the wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow drafted vessel and have local knowledge of the area	Red Light; Flashing 2 + 1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to port and take the buoy down your starboard side, you can go up the wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow drafted vessel and have local knowledge of the area	Red Light; Any Rhythm except 2 + 1; Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to port and take the buoy down your starboard side
Special Marks
Port Hand Lateral Special Mark	Starboard Hand Lateral Special Mark	Spar Buoy Special Mark	Safewater Special Mark
Yellow Light; Any Rhythm not used for any buoys with white lights in the area;
Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side	Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to port and take the buoy down your starboard side	Pass either side, preferable alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side	Pass either side, preferable alter to starboard and take the buoy down your port side
Safe Water and Isolated Danger Buoys
Safewater or Landfall Buoy			Isolated Danger Mark
White Light; One of four flashes • Isophase • Occulting • Morse A • Long flash every 10 seconds You can pass either side of this buoy, preferable altering to starboard and take the buoy down your port side Long Flash is between 4 6 seconds		White Light; Group Flash 2; You can pass either side of this buoy, preferable altering to starboard and take the buoy down your port side
Direction Of Buoyage
	Magenta Arrow This will be on every chart and lets you know the direction of Buoyage Caution!!! During the Oral Exam, the captain will test your knowledge on the buoys, it's common for them to place the wrong top marks on the buoys
Direction of Buoyage in Buoyage System A (U.K.)
North up the North Sea, North up the Irish Sea, North up the west coast of Ireland, East to West in the Pentland Firth and English Channel, and also going into every harbour unless there is two channels going into that harbour then direction of buoyage is going in the South entrance

DIRECTIONS

Ex. Look at the photo. What do you see?

Now look at the next photo. Can you tell what you see?

Дата добавления: 2015-11-14