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Starboard hand buoy |
Red-keep buoy on right side |
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Port hand buoy |
Green... Kept in left side of craft |
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What is simple rule for returning |
Red right returning |
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What type of numbers do port hand buoys have |
Odd |
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Top mark of port hand buoy |
Green cylinder |
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Light characteristic of port hand buoy |
Flashing 4s ((FI) 4s) or Q 1s |
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If port hand doesn't have a light what sort of top does it have? |
Flat top |
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What kind of numbers do starboard buoys have |
Even |
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What kind of top mark does starboard buoy have |
Red cone with point |
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What sort of light characteristic does starboard buoy have |
same as port |
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Biurfurcation buoys where to pass? |
Can pass on either side but preferred way is demonstrated by top band |
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What does port hand day beacon look like |
Green or black square on white with black coloured square ⬛ n middle |
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Starboard day beacon? |
Red triangle with on white with red triangle in middle |
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North cardinal buoy discription |
Two triangles pointed up, black and yellow. Black on top yellow on bottom. If no light spar shaped. |
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South cardinal buoy dscrpt |
Two triangles pointed down. Yellow on top, black on bottom. Spar shaped if no light. |
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East cardinal buoy |
Triangles bases conected. Black yellow black. Spar shaped. |
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West cardinal buoy |
Hourglass triangles. Yellow, black yellow. Spar shaped if no light |
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north buoy light characteristics |
1 flash every second or 10 flashes every 5 seconds |
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west buoy light characteristic |
9 times in 15seconds or very quick flash 9 times every 10 seconds |
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east cardinal buoy light characteristic |
3 times every ten seconds of very quick flash 3 flashes every 5 seconds |
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south cardinal buoy light characteristic |
6 times every 15 seconds followed by single long flash. Or 6 flashes every 10 seconds plus 1 longer flash at the end of the cycle |
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Anchor buoy description |
Yellow in colour. Anchor symbol. Flash yellow once every 4 seconds |
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Cautionary buoy |
Yellow in colour. If they have a mark it would be an x. If it carries a light it will be yellow and flash once every 4 seconds. |
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Moorage buoy |
Orange on top white on bottom |
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Control buoy |
White in colour. Circle with orange bands above and below the circle. Indicates restricted boating. Sometimes figure inside circle describing why. Yellow flash every 4 s. |
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Hazard buoy |
White in colour. Orange diamond with bands above and below. Flash yellow every 4 seconds |
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Info buoy |
Contains a important info. White in colour. Orange square between two orange bands. Yellow light flash every 4 seconds. |
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Swimming buoy |
White in colour. Spar. Yellow flash every 4 seconds |
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Keep out buoy |
White the in colour. Orange diamond with orange t accross it. Yellow flash every 4 seconds. |
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Fiarway buoy |
Red and white. White light l. Marks center of channel. Keep to left. One red ball in top. |
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Isolated danger buoy |
Black red black with two black balls |
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Port bifurcation light light charactristic |
Fl(2+1) every 6s |
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Starboard bifurcation buoy light charactitic |
Light is red fl(2+1) 6s or FL(2+1) 10s |
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North cardinal light characteristic |
1 per second or quick flash 10 flashes every 5 s |
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West cardinal light characteristic |
9 times in 15 seconds or very quick flash 9 times every 10s |
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East cardinal light characteristic |
3 times every 10 s or very quick flash 3 times every 5 s |
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South cardinal buoy |
6 times in 15 seconds or very quick flash 6 times every 10 seconds plus 1 longer flash at end of each group. |
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Who has right away in restricted visability |
Nobody |
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Restricted visability what can't you do |
Into alter to vessels abaft you beam Alter to port |
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Determine if on collision course |
Constant bearing decreasing range |
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Day shape for fishing vessel |
Hour glass |
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Greater than 150 fishing net |
Hour glass. With triangle on side of net greater than 150m |
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Vessel constrained by draft lights |
3 red lights |
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Ball dayshape |
Anchored |
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Aground dayshape |
3 balls |
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NUC dayshape |
Two balls verticle line |
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Restricted in ability to maneuver dayshape |
Ball diamond ball |
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Dayshape fishing |
Hourglass |
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Towing dayshape greater than 200m |
Diamond |
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Sound signal for vessel at anchor |
Short longs hort every 2 mins |
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Two short blasts |
I want to pass you on my starboard side |
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3 short blasts |
Engine is in reverse |
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5 short blasts |
What are you intentions |
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Turning to starboard vessel sound |
1 short blast |
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Turning to port sound signal |
Two short blasts |
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1 prolonged blast |
Vessel in fog power driven or approaching bend |
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Two prolonged blasts |
Vessel stopped in fog |
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1 long blast then 2 short |
In fog, NUC, Ram, sailboat, towing, fishing, constrained by draught. |
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Bell/gong 5s forward/aft every minute |
At anchor greater than 100m |
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At anchor risk of collision in fog |
Short long short |
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I intend to pass you in starboard sound signal |
Long long short |
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I intend to overtake you on port |
Long long short short |
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Bifurcation buoy light characteristic |
2+1 flash every 6 seconds |
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Masthead lights degrees |
225 |
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Stern light degrees |
135 |
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Degrees of yellow towing light |
135 |
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Flashing light rule deinition |
120 flashes or more per minute |
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Special flashing light |
50-70 flashes per min placed far forward 180-225 |
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Blue flashing light |
All round 50-70 flashes per minute |
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Second headlight on vessel greater than 50 m must be... |
Light abaft must be higher |
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Power driven vessel less than 12 m |
Side lights and all around white light. Sidelights can be combined |
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Power driven vessels lights |
Mast headlight, sidelights, Stern light |
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Towing sternligyt |
Yellow above white sternlight |
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Partly submerged tow lights |
Less than 25 m breadth. Lights at either end. More than 35 m in breadth: white lights at side extremities. If exceeds 100m length. Whiteights positioned no further than 100m apart |
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Vessel under oars lights |
Same as sailing boat |
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Downward facing triangle sailboat |
Power sailing |
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Not under Comand lights.. making way and not making way |
Two reds.... With making way : side lights and Stern light too |
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RAM lights |
Red White red |
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Mine clearing lightd |
3 all round green lights t |
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Constrained by draught |
3 all round red lights |
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Pilotage lights |
White over red (pilots are bred) |
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Anchor lights <50< |
1 all-round white. 2 all round white |
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Vessels aground lights |
2 red lights and appropriate anchor lightd |
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Short blast |
1 second duration |
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Long blast length |
4-6 seconds |
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What sound should be made when power driven vessel is leaving dock or berth |
Prolonged blast |
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Sound for power driven vessel underway but stopped (not making way) |
2 prolonged blasts every 2 mins |
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Restricted visability sound |
Prolonged blast every 2 mins |
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A vessel towed sound signal |
One long three short |
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Anchor vessel sound |
Ring bell rapidly every 1 minute |
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Anchor sound for vessel greater than 100m |
Ring bell rapidly 5 seconds front then gong for 5 seconds in aft every minute |
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Horn blast sound for vessels at achor |
1 short 1 long 1 short |
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Vessel aground sound signal |
Same as prescribed vessel at anchor plus 3 district bell sound before and after |
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South cardinal buoy light charcteristic |
Q(6)+LF(1) every 15 s or vq(6)+LF(1) |
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Red parachute flare charctristic |
40s, 300m, 30000 candelas |
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Red multistar flre |
2 or more 100m 4-5s |
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Red hand flare |
Burns for at least 2 mins |