Green bouys are on the port side of the channel IF you are returning from sea (moving upriver) hence the maxim, "Red/Right/Returning" known in sailing parlance as the 3 R's.
Do not pass between the buoy and the shore
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Preferred channel markers are buoys showing red and green bands.
In Region B a "green can shaped buoy" stands for the edge of a channel on a boaters left side when entering from open sea or heading upstream, the opposite applies in Region A.
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.
Green is a square shaped daymark buoy.
Keep the buoy on your port (left) side.
its the green buoy right outside the lighthouse with the 6 on it
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If it's "red right returning", it's green left returning and green right (starboard) going. That is to say, you pass it to the left (port) as you return to port.
A green square daymark buoy indicates a safe navigational point that is typically part of a system used to mark channels and hazards in waterways. It signifies that the buoy is a lateral marker, specifically indicating the starboard side of a channel when approaching from the sea. In the United States, it follows the "green right returning" rule, meaning boaters should keep the green buoy on their right when returning from the open water.
In Region B a "green can shaped buoy" stands for the edge of a channel on a boaters left side when entering from open sea or heading upstream, the opposite applies in Region A.