Buoys

Question 1

White and red buy, half and half

Answer 1

Fairway buoy, at entrance of a marina.

Question 2

Black buoy with red in middle

Answer 2

Isolated Danger. Natural dangers or shipwrecks

Question 3

2 black cones, first one pointing up second pointing down, black yellow black

Answer 3

Go on the east of the buoy

Question 4

Two black cones, first one pointing down, second pointing up, yellow black yellow

Answer 4

West buoy, go to the west of the buoy to avoid danger

Question 5

White simple cylinder buoys

Answer 5

Swimming area

Question 6

What buoys show a swimming area?

Answer 6

White cylindrical buoys

Question 7

What is a diving buoy?

Answer 7

Red flag with diagonal white stripe

Question 8

Red flag with diagonal white stripe

Answer 8

Diving buoy

Question 9

Yellow buoy

Answer 9

Cautionary buoy, indicating hazards or dangers like seaplane bases, race courses, underwater structures etc

Question 10

Yellow buoy

Answer 10

Cautionary buoy, indicating hazards or dangers like seaplane bases, race courses, underwater structures etc

Question 11

What mark might a cautionary buoy have?

Answer 11

X

Question 12

White buoy with orange diamond with a cross inside and orange bands above and below diamond

Answer 12

Keep Out buoy, boats are prohibited

Question 13

White buoy with orange open faced circle

Answer 13

Boats are restricted (nature of restriction inside the circle)

Question 14

Hazard buoy?

Answer 14

White with orange diamond. Inside the diamond might show nature of the hazard

Question 15

white buoy with orange diamond

Answer 15

Hazard buoy

Question 16

Information Buoy

Answer 16

White buoy with orange open faced square symbol

Question 17

Mooring buoy

Answer 17

white buoy with orange on top

Question 18

anchorage buoy

Answer 18

yellow, with anchor symbol.

Question 19

What does anchorage buoy do?

Answer 19

Marks the outer limits of designated anchorage areas

Question 20

Green buoys should be on your PORT SIDE when travelling which direction?

Answer 20

Upstream (against the current)

Question 21

A buoy has (from top) Green, Red, Green. Which side should this be on as you pass it downstream?

Answer 21

Either side. Bifurcated channel so either side is a different channel and OK to travel through

Question 22

A square with Green border around a white border around a black square, What is it?

Answer 22

Day Beacon, similar to a port-hand green buoy. Keep on left while going upstream.

Question 23

How does the starboard-hand lateral buoy day beacon look?

Answer 23

Red Triangle with white border inside a red border