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    Safety information

           bers, and lights to show which side  of the
           buoy a boater should pass on when navigat-
           ing in a particular direction. The markings on
           these buoys are oriented from the perspec-
           tive of being entered from seaward (the boat-
           er is going towards the harbor). Red buoys
           are passed on your starboard (right) side
           when proceeding from open water into port,
           and black buoys are to your port (left) side. An
           easy  way to  remember  the meaning of the
           colors  is the phrase “red right returning.”
           When navigating out of the harbor, your posi-
           tion with respect to the buoys should be re-
           versed; red buoys should be  to port and
           black buoys to starboard.
           Many bodies of water used by boaters are
           entirely within the boundaries of a particular
           state. The Uniform State Waterway Marking
           System has been devised for these waters.

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