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Navigation Oral's at it's Best Buoyage system (Questions and Answers) Cardinal Buoys for Buoyage System A & B North Cardinal East Cardinal South Cardinal West Cardinal

White Light; V.Q. Flashing Or Quick Flashing Continuous; Pass to the North side of this buoy

White light; V.Q.or Q. Flashing 3 every 5 or 10 seconds; Pass to the East side of this buoy

White light;

White light;

V.Q. or Q. 6 flashes plus V.Q. or Q. a long flash every 9 Flashes every 10 or 10 or 15 seconds; 15 seconds; Pass to the South side of this Buoy Pass to the West side of this buoy

Cardinal Buoys (Marking a new danger)

This lets you know there is a new danger that may not be in the weekly notices to mariners; The second cardinal buoy will have a racon beacon that you will see on your radar display, usually Morse D You still keep to the North side of the buoy's

Lateral Marks for Buoyage System A (Check charts for direction of Buoyage)

Port Hand Lateral Mark

Port Hand Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Starboard

Starboard Hand Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Port

Starboard Hand Lateral Mark

Red Light; Any Rhythm except 2 +1;

Red Light; Flashing 2 +1;

Green Light; Flashing 2 + 1;

Green Light; Any Rhythm except 2 + 1;

Going with direction of Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to Buoyage, alter to starboard and take the starboard and take the buoy down your port buoy down your port side, you can go up the side wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow

Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to port Going with direction of and take the buoy down Buoyage, alter to port your starboard side, and take the buoy down you can go up the your starboard side wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow

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drafted vessel and drafted vessel and have have local knowledge of local knowledge of the the area area

Lateral Marks for Buoyage System B (Check Charts for Direction of Buoyage)

Port Hand Lateral Mark

Port Hand Lateral Starboard Hand Mark Lateral Mark Preferred channel to Preferred channel to Starboard Port

Starboard Hand Lateral Mark

Green Light; Any Rhythm except 2 +1;

Green Light; Flashing 2 +1;

Red Light; Flashing 2 + 1;

Red Light; Any Rhythm except 2 + 1;

Going with direction of Going with direction of Going with direction of Going with direction of Buoyage, alter to Buoyage, alter to Buoyage, alter to port Buoyage, alter to port starboard and take the starboard and take the and take the buoy down and take the buoy down buoy down your port buoy down your port your starboard side, your starboard side side side, you can go up the you can go up the wrong side of the buoy wrong side of the buoy if you have a shallow if you have a shallow drafted vessel and drafted vessel and have have local knowledge of local knowledge of the the area area

Special Marks Port Hand Lateral Special Mark Starboard Hand Lateral Special Mark Spar Buoy Special Mark Safewater Special Mark

Yellow Light; Any Rhythm not used for any buoys with white lights in the area; Going with direction of Going with direction of Pass either side, Pass either side, Buoyage, alter to Buoyage, alter to port preferable alter to preferable alter to starboard and take the and take the buoy down starboard and take the starboard and take the buoy down your port your starboard side buoy down your port buoy down your port side side side

Safe Water and Isolated Danger Buoys

Safewater or Landfall Buoy Isolated Danger Mark

White Light; One of four flashes Isophase Occulting Morse A

White Light; Group Flash 2; You can pass either side of this buoy, preferable altering to starboard and take the buoy down your port

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Long flash every 10 seconds

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side

You can pass either side of this buoy, preferable altering to starboard and take the buoy down your port side Long Flash is between 4 6 seconds

Direction Of Buoyage

Magenta Arrow This will be on every chart and lets you know the direction of Buoyage Caution !!! During the Oral Exam, the captain will test your knowledge on the buoys, it's common for them to place the wrong top marks on the buoys

Direction of Buoyage in Buoyage System A ( U.K. )

North up the North Sea, North up the Irish Sea, North up the west coast of Ireland, East to West in the Pentland Firth and English Channel, and also going into every harbour unless there is two channels going into that harbour then direction of buoyage is going in the South entrance

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Radar

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M Notices, MGN's, MIN's, MSN's & Statutory Instruments

M.G.N's M.I.N.'s M.S.N.'s Statutory Instruments MGN 20 - Risk Assessment MGN 40 - I.S.M. Code MGN 165- Flooding in fishing vessels MGN 84 - Safe Watch Keeping MGN 166 - Passage Planning MGN 168 - The Marking of Seismic Streamers MGN 172 - Fishermen'sPilot Book | MSN 1676 - life saving appliances
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I.S.M. Code (MGN 40) I.M.D.G. Code (Diesel Oil) I.M.D.G. Code (Dry Ice) Rule of thumb for containers Dangers working with containers S.O.P.E.P. S.M.P.E.P. Grain Work Dock Water Allowance Load lines
Chartwork / Compass work / Azimuth Mirror / Passage Planning / Sextant

Chart work Compass Work Azimuth Mirror Passage Planning Sextant How to find GMT Mercator Sum Polaris Navigation Sum Sun Azimuth Navigation Sum

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Checklists

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Light Recognition (Tips) Light Recognition Is the vessel Underway or What? What is the vessels fog signal? What is the vessels daytime signal(s)? What are the arcs of the vessel(s) Lights What are the dimensions of the vessels light(s) Light Recognition questions Pilot Vessels lights questions

Alterations (Tips)

Manoeuvres with vessels in different situations Alteration Tips Rule 9 - Narrow Channels Rule 10 - Traffic Separation Schemes Rule 13 - Overtaking Rule 14 - Head on Situations Rule 15 - Crossing Situations Rule 19 - Restricted Visibility Situations Close Quarters Situations Actions to Avoid Collisions High Speed Ferries Wig Aircraft
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Barrow Fishing Vessels (BW) Beaumaris Fishing Vessels (BS) Belfast Fishing Vessels (B) Berwick on Tweed (BK) Birds (Sea) Blyth Fishing Vessels (BH) Boston Fishing Vessels (BN) Bridlington Fishing Vessels Brixham Fishing Vessels (BM) Buckie Fishing Vessels (BCK) Campbeltown Fishing Vessels (CN) Castlebay Fishing Vessels (CY) Castletown Fishing Vessels (CT) Cork Fishing Vessels (C) Colchester Fishing Vessels (CK) Dacon Scoop Exercise Dartmouth Fishing Vessels (DH) Deep Sea Fish Disaster Photos Douglas Fishing Vessels (DO) Drogheda Fishing Vessels (DA) Dublin Fishing Vessels (D) Dumfries Fishing Vessels (DS) Falmouth Fishing Vessels (FH) Fast Rescue Craft Faversham Fishing Vessels (F) Fleetwood Fishing Vessels (FD) Fraserburgh Fishing Vessels (History of) (FR) Fraserburgh History (Scenery, Shops, Buildings and People) Galway Fishing Vessels (G) Goedereede Fishing Vessels (GO) Goteborg Fishing Vessels (GG) Grangemouth Fishing Vessels (GH) Grimsby Fishing Vessels (GY) Guernsay Fishing Vessels (GU) Hamburg Fishing Vessels (HF) Harlepool (HL) Helicopters Helsingor Fishing Vessels (H) Ice (Bergs and Vessels icing up (Ice Accretion)) Inverness Fishing Vessels (INS) Kings Lynn Fishing Vessels (LN)
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Kirkwall Fishing Vessels (K) Kirkcaldy Fishing Vessels (KY) Lancaster Fishing Vessels (LR) Leith Fishing Vessels (LH) Lerwick Fishing Vessels (LK) Lifeboats Limerick Fishing Vessels (L) Littlehampton Fishing Vessels (LI) Liverpool Fishing Vessels (LL) London Fishing Vessels (LO) Lowestoft Fishing Vessels (LT) Merchant Navy Vessels Mammals Montrose Fishing vessels (ME) Newport Fishing Vessels (N) Newry Fishing Vessels (N) North Shields Fishing Vessels (SN) Oban Fishing Vessels (OB) Padstow Fishing Vessels (PW) Peel Fishing Vessels (PL) Penzance Fishing Vessels (PZ) Peterhead Fishing Vessels (PD) Plymouth Fishing Vessels (PH) Portsmouth Fishing Vessels (P) Sailing Vessels Scarborough Fishing Vessels (SH) Scenery at Sea Shellfish Skibbereen Fishing Vessels (S) Sligo Fishing Vessels (SO) Southampton Fishing Vessels (SU) St. Ives Fishing Vessels (SS) Stornoway Fishing Vessels (SY) Stress of Weather Sunderland Fishing Vessels (SD) Tankers (Oil and Bulk Carriers) Teignmouth Fishing Vessels (TH) Troon Fishing Vessels (TN) Tarbert Fishing Vessels (TT) Urk Fishing Vessels (UK) Ullapool Fishing Vessels (UL) Veere Fishing Vessels (VE)
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Waterford Fishing Vessels (W) Wexford Fishing Vessels (WD) Weymouth Fishing Vessels (WH) Whitby Fishing Vessels (WY) Whitehaven Fishing Vessels (WA) Wick Fishing Vessels (WK) Yarmouth Fishing Vessels (YH) Port Letters
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