NOTE. All bearings and courses are magnetic. All distances are in nautical miles. Except where otherwise stated, all depths are at mean low water. In winter when whistling buoys, bell buoys, lighted buoys, can buoys, and nun buoys are in danger of being carried away by ice, they are taken up and replaced by spar or sparshaped buoys. SYSTEM OF BUOYAGE ADOPTED IN UNITED STATES WATERS. The following order is observed in coloring and numbering the buoys in United States waters, viz: 1. In approaching the channel, etc., from seaward, RED BUOYS, with EVEN NUMBERS, will be found on the STARBOARD side of the channel, and must be left on the STARBOARD hand in passing in. 2. In approaching the channel, etc., from seaward, BLACK BUOYS, with ODD NUMBERS, will be found on the PORT side of the channel, and must be left on the PORT hand in passing in. 3. BUOYS painted with RED and BLACK HORIZONTAL STRIPES will be found on OBSTRUCTIONS, with channel ways on either side of them, and may be left on either hand in passing in. 4. Buoys painted with WHITE and BLACK PERPENDICULAR STRIPES will be found in MID-CHANNEL and must be passed close-to to avoid danger. All other distinguishing marks to buoys will be in addition to the foregoing, and may be employed to mark particular spots, a description of which is given in the printed list of buoys. Perches, with balls, cages, etc., will, when placed on buoys, be at turning points, the color and number indicating on what side they shall be passed. Nun buoys, properly colored and numbered, are usually placed on the starboard side, and can buoys on the port side of channels. Day beacons, stakes, and spindles (except such as are on the sides of channels, which will be colored like buoys) are constructed and distinguished with special reference to each locality, and particularly in regard to the background upon which they are projected. Wherever practicable, the towers, beacons, buoys, spindles, and all other aids to navigation, are arranged in the buoy list in regular order as they are passed by vessels entering from sea. The positions of the buoys enumerated in the list below are shown on the charts of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, which are kept corrected from information furnished by the Inspectors of the Lighthouse Districts, for the changes in the aids to navigation rendered necessary from time to time to indicate the best channels. The following symbols and abbreviations are used on the charts of the Coast and Geodetic Survey: buoys. Red buoys, with even numbers, to be left on starboard hand in entering. Black and white perpendicular stripes, without numbers, mid-channel or fairway or H. S., red and black horizontal stripes, without numbers, marking dangers or obstructions, to be left on either hand. Lighted buoys, different colors as above; R., red light; W., white light. WHISTLE, whistling buoys, different colors as above. BELL, bell buoys, different colors as above. Č., N., or S. signifies can, nun, or spar buoy. (5) |