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    Safety information

           Fishing vessel right-of-way          Many bodies of water used by boaters are
           All vessels fishing with nets, lines, or trawls  entirely within the boundaries of a particular
           are considered to be “fishing vessels” under  state. The Uniform State Waterway Marking
           the International Rules. Vessels with trolling  System has been devised for these waters.
           lines are not considered fishing vessels. Fish-  This system uses buoys and signs with dis-
           ing vessels have the right-of-way regardless  tinctive shapes and colors to show regulatory
           of position. Fishing vessels cannot, however,  or advisory  information. These markers  are
           impede the passage of other vessels in nar-  white with black letters and orange borders.
           row channels.
           Sailing vessel right-of-way
           Sailing vessels should normally be given the
           right-of-way. The exceptions to this are:
           (1) When the sailing vessel is overtaking the
              power-driven vessel, the power-driven
              vessel has the right-of-way.
           (2) Sailing vessels should keep clear of any
              fishing vessel.
           (3) In a narrow channel, a sailing vessel
              should not hamper the safe passage of a
              power-driven vessel that  can  navigate
              only in such a channel.
           Reading buoys and other markers
           The waters of the United States are marked
           for safe navigation by the lateral system of
           buoyage. Simply put, buoys and markers
           have an arrangement of shapes, colors, num-
           bers, and lights to show which side  of the
           buoy a boater should pass on when navigat-
           ing in a particular direction. The markings on
           these buoys are oriented from the perspec-
           tive of being entered from seaward (the boat-
           er is going towards the harbor). Red buoys
           are passed on your starboard (right) side
           when proceeding from open water into the
           harbor, and black buoys are to your port (left)
           side. An easy way to remember the meaning
           of the colors is the phrase “red right return-
           ing”. When navigating out of the harbor, your
           position with respect to the buoys should be
           reversed; red buoys  should  be to port  and
           black buoys to starboard.

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