Wednesday, June 1, 1988

VANCOUVER ISLAND DISTRICT

_ By DISTRICT LT.
ARCHIE MacDONALD
Looking across a beautiful

provided.
A good understanding and
recognition of the buoyage

CANADIAN POWER —
AND SAIL SQUADRONS |

4 visualize any difficulty for Service will provide a chart,

A the novice boatman to known as chart #1 which ~
traverse its quiet waters to clearly explains all the sys-_
. his destination. Yet, every tems and abbreviations.

year we read, or hear, that Most of the problems in
a in spite of charts and _ navigation occur through a

Navigational aids, some ex- misunderstanding of the

i perienced skipper suddenly ‘“‘Safe’’ side of the buoyage

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sequences are the result.
It is not generally realized .
that navigational : skills are |
~ not confined. solely to the’ f-
~~ master mariner; novices too. @
can be readily taught: effi- #)

, ciently, and quickly how to-
~ naviagated inland and coas-
tal. waters. with reasonable
safety. -

- properly, a boater ¢ ,
his way-along the nation’s: fF

expanse of calm Canadian
waterway dotted with an oc-
casional buoy, it is hard to

Port (green Cari}

Keep this buoy on your port
{left} side when proceeding
in the upstream direction. -

Bifurcation (red & green
bands). You-may pass this.
buoy on either side when .
Proceeding in the upstream
direction, but the main or
preferred channel is indicated ..
i. by the colour of the topmost
| band. For example: -keep this _
buoy on your starboard
{right} side. -

Port (green pillar}

Keep this buoy on your ‘port
(left) side when proceeding
in the upstreany direction: |

. found his boat i in an’ ‘embar. 7 :
_-Tassing- position. Although. a |

this sometimes... happens:
~swith: hilarious overtones, all
~ too. often tragic. con-

In Canadian waters, there
are many thousands of aids

‘to navigation ranging from 9 ©
‘buoys to lighthouse and

electronic... devices. . These
‘aids have but one purpose;

to assist the mariner in his.
: safe movement over the na- -

tion’ S waterways. -

This’ .system, maintained -
_entirely by our Coast Guard

and. canal engineers, is
among the best in the world.

Known. as. the lateral sys-. §
tem, it can be compared to”

highway signs. Using them

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volunteers §
~andsresources: required to:

organizing. the

system is essential, but this”
need not be a problem. The
Canadian Hydrographic

THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C.

Navigation in Canadian waters

system. Basically — the
‘Safe’? side is readily
determined by remembering
the ‘‘Red Right Returning
Rule’’.

This is a situation which
lends itself to ambiguities
but once the determination
has been made, the system
is quite clear and useful.

_Generally, you

“returning from seaward’’
when proceeding upstream

upward to the highest

Port {green spar}
Keep this buoy on your port
(left) side when proceeding

are.

level of the canal system ...
from. the St. Lawrence

River to the head of the

Great Lakes in the seaway
system ... southward down
the Atlantic coast

northward along the Pacific
coast. In each and every
Situation the red buoys are

to starboard, or on the right »

hand side of the vessel ...
green buoys to port, or left.
Navigation across open
water is quite different to
navigating known rivers

and canals. However, with
up to date charts on board
and a compass, it is relative-
ly easy to plot a course an
calculate your position, dis-
tance or estimated time of
arrival.

Today’s boater never —
needs to be lost. With the
aid of his charts, a few fun-
damentals and basic princi-
ples easily obtained in pop-
ular night time classes from
competent fellow boaters,

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cient in basic navigation.

With such instruction as
that given by Canadian.
Power and Sail Squadrons,
he can travel Canada’s
coastal waters, her inland
rivers, lakes and canals,
with safety and confidence
in his own acquired naviga-
tional skills.

Contact your local Cana-
dian Power and = Sail
Squadrons answering _ ser-
vice at 383-6677 for further
information.

he can become quite profi-

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~ starboard (red spar}

Keep this buoy on your
starboard {right} side when
proceeding in the upstream
direction.

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Starboard (red conical)

Keep this buoy:on your
starboard (right). side when
proceeding tn the upstream
direction.

\ ‘Starboard (red pillar}

Keep this buoy on your. |
starboard (right) side .when
proceeding in the upstream
direcuon. °

(Fairway-white & red stripesiwhite tight} ; ree .
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