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    This document provides information on various signals, flags, buoys, and other aids used for maritime communication and navigation. It describes the meanings of different colors, shapes, lights and signals used by ships, lighthouses, buoys and other vessels. Key information conveyed includes codes for flags, signals indicating weather warnings, characteristics of lateral and safe water buoys, and guidelines for interpreting buoys in different regions and waterways.

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    This document provides information on various signals, flags, buoys, and other aids used for maritime communication and navigation. It describes the meanings of different colors, shapes, lights and signals used by ships, lighthouses, buoys and other vessels. Key information conveyed includes codes for flags, signals indicating weather warnings, characteristics of lateral and safe water buoys, and guidelines for interpreting buoys in different regions and waterways.

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    This document provides information on various signals, flags, buoys, and other aids used for maritime communication and navigation. It describes the meanings of different colors, shapes, lights and signals used by ships, lighthouses, buoys and other vessels. Key information conveyed includes codes for flags, signals indicating weather warnings, characteristics of lateral and safe water buoys, and guidelines for interpreting buoys in different regions and waterways.

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    McDonough Marine Signal

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    This document provides information on various signals, flags, buoys, and other aids used for maritime communication and navigation. It describes the meanings of different colors, shapes, lights and signals used by ships, lighthouses, buoys and other vessels. Key information conveyed includes codes for flags, signals indicating weather warnings, characteristics of lateral and safe water buoys, and guidelines for interpreting buoys in different regions and waterways.

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    The document discusses various maritime signals, flags, buoys, and their purposes for navigation.

    The document describes safe water aids, lateral aids, junction/preferred channel aids, mid-channel aids, and their purposes and markings.

    Storm warning signals are displayed to indicate predicted wind speeds and warn of approaching storms or hurricanes.

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    International Code For Signal Flags


    Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf

    Diver Down Hotel

    Dangerous Cargo India

    Yes Juliett

    Keep Clear Kilo

    Altering Course to Starboard Lima

    Disabled Mike

    Want A Pilot November

    Pilot On Board Oscar

    Altering Course To Port Papa

    On Fire Keep Clear Quebec

    Desire To Communicate Romeo

    Stop Instantly Sierra

    I Am Stopped Tango

    No Uniform

    Man Overboard About To Sail Victor

    Request Pratique Whiskey Xray

    Engines Going Astern Yankee

    Keep Clear Of Me Zulu

    Standing Into Danger

    Require Assistance

    Require Medical Assistance

    Stop Your Intention

    Am Dragging Anchor

    Require A Tug

    Code and Answering Pennant (Decimal Point)

    1st Repeater

    2nd Repeater

    3rd Repeater

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    Storm Warning Signals These signals are displayed when necessary at principal harbors, yacht clubs and Coast Guard stations and vessels.

    Night Signal

    Day Signal

    Small Craft Warnings


    Winds to 38 mph

    Gale

    Storm

    Hurricane
    Winds 74 mph & up

    Winds 39-54 mph Winds 55-73 mph

    (International Association of Lighthouse Authorities) Lateral Aids


    (Mark Sides of Channel)

    All Lateral Aids will be numbered. Green aids will be odd numbered. Red aids will be even numbered. When returning from sea, keep the green Lateral Aids to your left or port side and the red Lateral Aids to your right or starboard side.

    Preferred Channel Aids


    (Mark Converging Channels)

    Junction or Preferred Channel Aids will be plain or lettered. These aids are combined red and green in color and are used where two channels converge. Lights will match the top most color of the buoy. The top most color marks the preferred channel and the lower color indicates a converging channel with converging traffic. When entering from seaward, if green is top most color, for preferred channel, keep buoy to your left or port side. If red is the top most color, for preferred channel, keep buoy to your right or starboard side.

    Safe Water Aids


    (Mark Mid-Channel and Fairways)

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    Safe Water Aids have no lateral significance and will be plain or lettered. Unlighted buoys will be spherical. Both lighted and sound Safe Water Aids will have a red spherical top mark. Lighted Safe Water aids will display a white, flashing light (Morse Code A, ). Although nonlateral shore structures display white flashing lights (lighthouses) take notice that some white flashing shore lights have a red danger sector. If a white flashing shore light suddenly changes to red flashing light, you are in the danger sector of shoal waters. 2/5

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    danger sector of shoal waters.

    Buoy Regions A & B IALA - International Association of Lighthouse Authorities has sponsored an agreement to standardize aids to navigation in order to promote uniform systems for navigation. Two regions have been delineated with most countries in each region participating in use of the standardized aids. Shown above are the aids in use in Region B which have been adopted by the U.S. Coast Guard.

    Intracoastal Water (ICW) Lateral Aids Intracoastal Navigation Aids (including daymarks, can, nun, lighted junction, preferred channel and mid channel aids) are distinguished by yellow, horizontal stripes. When entering the Intracoastal Waterways (from New Jersey thru Texas) from North or East, treat the yellow stripes on navigation aids by the colors of the aid, keeping the red aids to your right or starboard side as you proceed South or West.

    Midchannel Aids Midchannel Aids have no lateral significance and will be either plain or lettered. Lighted buoys will display a white light only.

    Preferred Channel Aids Junction or Preferred Channel Aids mark junctions and obstructions and indicate the preferred channel. Preferred Channel Aids will be either plain or lettered. The top most color marks the preferred channel and the lower color marks the converging channel with converging traffic. Lights will correspond to the top most color.

    Dual Purpose Aids Dual Purpose Aids are used


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    Dual Purpose Aids are used when the Intracoastal Waterway temporarily joins with other waterways. These aids are painted with fluorescent yellow triangles or squares. Ignore the color and shape of the aids and follow the yellow triangles and squares, keeping the yellow triangles to your right and the yellow squares to your left as you proceed South or West.

    Special Purpose Aids


    All Waters

    Special Purpose Aids are used to designate special areas such as dredging, anchorage, fish net, spoil ground, traffic separation, military zones, ocean data buoys as well as others. They have no lateral significance. Lighted aids will display yellow lights only and will have a slow flashing pattern.

    Information and Regulatory Aids


    All Waters

    Information and Regulatory aids are used to convey important information about or control access to particular areas of navigable waterways. Lighted aids will display yellow lights only and will have a slow flashing pattern.

    Non-Lateral Daymarks
    All Waters

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    Daymarks are placed on shore or marine structures as reference navigation aids which have no lateral significance. They are diamond shaped boards which provide visibility for aids which are difficult to see in poor daylight weather conditions.

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    B - Black Fl - Flashing Rhythm I - Intracoastal Aid M - Midchannel Aid OR - Orange

    Key To Abbreviations S - Square Daymark T - Triangle Daymark W - White C - Can Buoy G - Green

    J - Junction Aid N - Nun Buoy R - Red SP - Spherical Buoy Y - Yellow

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