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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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