Any tricks to remember Nav lights position...?

Thanks for the help

I took boating courses in French and they had a trick similar using the word Battery ( batterie in French) Left for BAT and right for TERY ( in French Port is Babord and Starboard is Tribord) so the word Bat-Terie came in pretty handy) usefull trick for anyone sailing in the french isles, The Port red and green Starboard is already anchored in my mind Thanks guys!!!

Don

Short Wave: >I assumed thta given an illustration, the original poster could >extrapolate other situations.

I must have missed something. I assumed we were talking about lesson #1, the top of the learning priority list for a newbie, basic collision avoidance in a crossing situation.

Rick

left, port, red all have less letters than right, starboard, green,

But I think it was WB? that noted the colored tape method, I plan to do that too near the bow with tape or paint, maybe even on the center thwart. A stupid word by the way. Why can't I say seat? Cause it's not a seat kid. Justwaitafrekinminute here

If you are traveling in a river and looking at the bouys to stay in the lane, remember to keep the Red bouys, on the right side of your boat, while returning up river. So remember red, right, return... HTH

"quizno mouse" <lonerdee@yahoo.com> wrote in message

Puleeeze..... attend a USPS school or the like. The above information is correct, but incomplete. This can get horribly confusing when navigating from a primary channel into a secondary channel or vice versa.

Don't venture out without a chart.

That said, here's a few memory aids:

"Port wine red" - the red nav light is on the port (left) side.

"Red right returning and left leaving" - channel buoys (normally when entering a harbor)

"Red light stop" - the boat you are observing has the right of way because it is approaching from your starboard (right) side.

To a beginner the use of port and starboard terminology may seem like an unnecessary complexity but it is not. The port side of the boat is always the same regardless of which way you are facing at the time. For example, if you say the "left side" that is ambiguous to someone who is facing backwards, and you are facing forwards.

Except the other boat is on a course parallel to mine, and is heading in the same direction.

Now, I'm a few miles upstream. The other boat is far behind. I see a red nav light on my starboard side. According to Reggie Retardo, the boat will cross my path.

Except the other boat is on a course parallel to mine, and is heading in the same direction.

Whoops.

I tell newbies who really want to remember it is to put two small stickers on the console or windshield - red labeled port, green labeled starboard.

Eventually you won't need the stickers anymore.

As to direction, there are a couple of ways to determine what direction a boat is approaching you based on the lights. If you only see red and white, then the boat will be to your left. If you only see green and white, then the boat will be to your right.

If you see only a white light, that means you are behind a vessel. If you see red and green and white, you are in deep doo doo. :>)

There are a number of training programs around the web - boat/us has one I believe that will give you a hand.

I have put customized red and green labels on my engines and fuel manifold valves in the engine room because it is just too darned easy to get your mind turned around down there. When switching filters and tanks I always stop and look, helps to prevent embarassing "incidents".

Yes and no..... technically, you shouldn't have to manually do it, your newsreader should (hint, hint, nudge, nudge).

Signatures should be proceeded by "dash dash space [new line, carriage return]". Proper newsreaders will use that as a trigger to delete everything below that, when preparing a reply.

Rick

Not necessarily. Are you overtaking or passing?