Make Sure You are Taking Buoys Down the Correct Side.

I've watched boating YouTube videos for years. They've been entertaining. However, your videos are easy to follow, educational, thorough, and easy to remember! Thank you.

I like the island story. I haven't encountered that situation but I can see how it could be confusing. It makes sense now.

I'm a newbie and I'm loving this. Easy to understand when you explain it. Thank You Captain.

Hello from Westcoast Canada.We have red right returnihg.Returning to harbour. CHEERS from here!

a good example is traveling east into the cape cod canal the reds are off starboard, after you get thru the canal the reds switch to port side.

That is a great video. But I would suggest that you tell people that the Red and Green only applies in the US. During the revolutionary war we reversed the red and green to screw up the British, and we never changed it back. The rest of the world uses the opposite. Take port to port when returning to port. Meaning take the red on the left (port) when returning. When an American travels outside the US, they should realize that places outside the US do actually exist.

Hello Sir, I would like to make this comment. As much as you say that Red Right Returning is an incomplete statement, also you may wish to consider that as you reach out to your audience, it is an international audience that you address. With that in mind, it maybe a point to mention that the system of buoyage you describe is for North, Central and South America, Japan, Korea and the Philippines, the IALA system B. The rest of the world uses IALA system A, which reverses the shapes and colors of the lateral markers. We have the term "Red to Red Returning from sea" Perhaps the cabin cruiser you described, was unfamiliar with local waters... but, your point stands...know where you are and plan ahead

VERY HELPFUL

Thanks for those points

Outstanding Chief

Great job!

I find it so frustrating Europe and US are the exact opposite in this regard.

Thank you very helpful

Hello and thank you for sharing your enormous treasure of knowledge. “Red right returning to sea.” I’ve got that but we live on a barrier island of NJ and frequently travel the inland waterway where there are several inlets out to the ocean. I can never figure out how this phrase is applied in our situation. If I am headed south towards Hereford’s Inlet I am returning to sea and if I am headed North towards Townsend Inlet I am also returning to sea. So which is it? I hope that you can clear this up for me. Thanks again.

I've heard that the reason that your system is different to that of most of the rest of the world on IALA System A is that your locals swapped the bouys to confuse the English during your battles for independence? Enemy ships floundered on bars and in shallows because of the confusion that ensued. Quite a clever and cheap defense! It seems to have some merit, and you simply never swapped back afterwards. So very American. ;) LOL Still, Australians and so many others simply can't watch these US-centric video training guides because they're frankly very, very incorrect for us.

Keep the mainland to the right (red) can be misleading. A better phrase is "Right red to Texas".

If your teaching people to sail away , explore , teach them the correct way as in the rest of the world , red can to port for entry , or return from sea . 🤔

What type of buoy/beacon would show this FI (4) 15s 28m 12m ?

All very well in USA. Rest. of the world is different

DANGER!!! You’ve made two misleading or dangerous statements #1 Preferred Cannel Markers. You stated that you can take them on either side: WRONG! This IS true IF you are “returning from the sea” but NOT if you are heading toward the sea. I’ve seen boats run aground because they took one of these on the wrong side. Example: you are heading “toward the sea” in the alternate channel. You’ve been passing green cans on your right for miles. Up ahead you spot a junction buoy. It is GRG. Well, it looks mainly green … I’ve been passing green on my right for miles, so I guess I’ll keep this on my right as well? CRASH!!! What happened? I’m in the ALTERNATE channel. That GRG was a RED for me! If you study your chart ahead of time, you would have known this. It is IMPERATIVE that you study your chart before traversing unfamiliar waters. #2) Red Green go Between: Dangerous! A channel does not have to be marked with matching R and G; in fact, a channel can be marked with ONLY R or ONLY G! This would be common if one side of the channel was very deep; lateral markers would not be needed there. If you see R and G markers, the do not necessarily mark the SAME channel! Example: Shortly before the Detroit River meets Lake St. Clair, it splits around Belle Island. As you head up the alternate channel, you’ll notice R and G buoys on opposite sides of the river. Quite often, boats run aground motoring between the R and G buoys. Why? Because they mark TWO DIFFERENT CHANNELS! If they studied their charts, they also would have noticed that the G buoys were on the RIGHT and the R buoys were on the LEFT, despite the fact that they were “returning from the sea”. Studying the charts, they would have noticed that the R buoys were marking a channel along the left shore. It was quite deep all the way to shore but shallow on the right side of the R buoys, heading upstream. Likewise, the G buoys mark a separate channel on the right side of the river, heading upstream. It is shallow to the left of these G buoys but so deep to the right that no R buoys were placed. The SCOTT MIDDLE GROUND is clearly depicted in the charts. So. The most important Rule could be “Review your charts before entering unfamiliar waters”!