Navigational Aids - Chris-Craft 32 Launch (RJ) Owner's Manual

Appendix F
APPENDIX F

Navigational Aids

Lateral Aids to Navigation
Lateral Aids to Navigation are generally used for well-defined channels to indicate the
route to be followed. These Aids show the sides of a navigable channel, mark junctions
and forks or splits in the channel, indicate the safe side to pass a hazard to navigation,
and mark the safe centerline on wide bodies of water.
They are used in conjunction with a conventional direction of buoyage (a local direction
of buoyage when approaching a harbor, river estuary, or other waterway from seaward).
The USCG has provided a complete understanding of what you need to know about markers on
the water. You can read this by going to their websites. Start with the following::
www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/workflow_staging/Publications/486.PDF
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