a horizontally marked red and black buoy used to mark the division of sea lanes when moving inward from the sea.
In Region B the edge of a channel on a boater's right side when entering from the open sea or heading upstream. It is the opposite in Region A.
Since this is a Red Lighted Buoy sighted while approaching a harbour,this is a Lateral starboard hand side mark,IALA region B.To keep this buoy on ur starboard side while entering the harbour.
Fairway buoys are spheres, pillars, or spars with red and white vertical stripes.
A boat should cruise between a green and red buoy. The red buoy will always be located on the right side of your boat. Red buoys will always mean , returning, red, and right. There will be a number on a red buoy that will give the chart location. The numbers will always be even.
Do not pass between the buoy and the shore
Keep the buoy on your right side
Keep the red buoy on the right side of your boat. If the red buoy is on the left side of the boat, you're about to run aground. "Red to the Right, Returning."
Pass the buoy so that it is to your right (red right returning).
A port or starboard buoy depending on what region you are in
red
A red cone shaped buoy, called a nun buoy, usually marks the right side of the channel when you are returning from the sea or going upstream. Remember it by saying, red, right, returning.