. . . not nearly so catchy a mnemonic as “right red returning,” but it means the same thing. Thomas J. Brown green left returning,
McCormack Boys green right going,
Kristy Ann Reinauer green port returning,
A nameless Caldwell truckable tug green starboard going,
Miss Gill with scow GPR (green port returning),
NJ State Police GSG,
scow GPR . . .
Miriam GSG,
Atlantic Salvor and scow,
That green 9 in the KVK is a great place to set up fotos, but IMHO, it’s best to stick with “right red returning” as a memory keeper.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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August 23, 2011 at 7:33 pm
eastriver
And then, there’s the Astro Jetson mnemonic… “Rut-ro, Rorge… Red Reft Reaving!!”
August 23, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Max
We got really confused watching the lake freighters coming off of lake Huron and into the St Claire River, the conclusion we drew is the buoy system works right through the great lakes and down to the sea?
August 24, 2011 at 8:03 am
Jed
Here are a couple solid links to explain the currently used bouyage system. We use IALA B.
http://www.cruising.sailingcourse.com/usa_atons_iala-b.htm
http://www.nauticalissues.com/en/iala.html
Second one gets a little technical but both should clear the issue up.
August 24, 2011 at 5:54 pm
KG2V
I always liked
“Even Red Left Port” (as in Eric the Red) – gives you Bouys, station numbers, Bouy Number, and for the lubbers, that left = Port. Basically a LOT more info