ATON Flashcards
Lateral aids indicate what?
Which side a vessel should pass the ATON when entering from seaward.
All navigable waters of the US follow IALA Region B. T or F
True, except US possessions west of the international date line.
Red ATON’s are _________ numbered. Green ATON’s are _______ numbered.
even,odd
Lateral aids conform to the “conventional direction of buoyage” which is a __________ direction around the coastline from __ to ____ on the Atlantic coast, ____ to ______ and then ________ in the Gulf of Mexico, and ____ to ______ on the Pacific Coast.
clockwise, N to S, S to N to W, then S to N.
Preferred channel markers are also lateral aids. T or F
True
** the top color band indicates the preferred channel.
Preferred channel bouys may be __________but they are not_________
lettered, numbered
Special marks are _______ in color, and if lighted , display a _______ light.
yellow,yellow.
Lighted beacons are called lights, unlighted beacons are called _____________.
Daybeacons.