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To be successful at sea, we must keep things simple.

- R. D. (Pete) Culler

 

Navigational Aids

Buoys, storm warnings, daymarks, information and regulatory markers published by INAMAR Recreational Marine Insurance.

 

INAMAR Recreational Marine Insurance (Now CHUBB)

INAMAR Recreational Marine Insurance (Now CHUBB)

 

Memory Aids

DEMODS - Marker numbers DEcrease MOving Down Stream.  

As you enter a tributary from the main body of water and start downstream toward a marina, the marker numbers will decrease.

When returning to a harbor remember to keep the red markers ("nuns") to your starboard side (i.e. right side).

Remember the expression:  "Red, Right, Returning."

When leaving a harbor remember to keep the red markers ("nuns") to your port side (i.e. left side).

Remember the expression:  "Red, Left, Leaving."

"Nuns" are red and are assigned even numbers.  

Remember the expressions:  "Even nuns see red when they are mad" and "You'll never see a nun 69."

"Cans" are green and are assigned odd numbers. 

Think of a can of green beans to remember the color.

 

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