DSK wrote:

otnmbrd wrote:


OK, let me try this again. You are heading southbound along the Jersey
Shore, and you are offshore between inlets. You run across a great big
old Nun buoy, sitting out there on it's lonesome (no channel
around)....what side do you take it on?
You take it on your stbd side. It is marking a hazard.... check your
chart, but leave it on your stbd hand.


That would be a safe assumption, in the absence of any other info.

What other info are you looking for here?


On the Atlantic seaboard, you are coming from sea, when you are heading
in a southerly and/or westerly direction where buoy recognition is
concerned.


Not true, look in the pilots. If you are going north, it's considered 'returning'
unless it is a sea channel. Trying to follow 'Red Right Returning' when southbound
will put you into trouble except at the outermost sea bouys, whihc is the case you
were discussing above. Other channels, such as the ICW or Chesapeake Bay, consider
north bound 'returning.'

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

I had to read this a few times to glean what you were saying.
When proceeding down along the Atlantic coastline, at sea, you will be
heading in a general Southerly and Westerly direction, and any buoy you
cross paths with, will be (such as the one the original poster was
asking about)RRR.
Now, when you come to an entrance to a harbor, the buoy numbering will
commence and you will work on the basis of RRR, whether the actual
channel goes mostly North, West, or Southwest, because you will be
heading from the entrance ("generally" the Easternmost point), i.e. you
need to check your chart for the numbering as well as the overall
direction (we can all see areas such as LIS, Cape Cod, etc. which would
appear to throw the North-South, East- West, criteria off .... and yes,
the Chesapeake included, though, here you start at a point to the East
and then proceed to the Northwest(westerly direction).
For the ICW, mile one is in Norfolk, if memory serves, and proceeding
down the ICW in a Southerly direction from here, is considered returning
from sea. Naturally, those who view the run from Norfolk through Cape
May as still part of the ICW will need check their charts, as I'm not
sure how the buoys for the C&D or Cape May Canal, etc. are numbered.
The overall Southerly direction, is just that ....overall ....
individual harbors can run in all sorts of directions and need to be
viewed individually. The North to South, East to West is a basic
beginning point to start from, WHEN COMING FROM SEA.

otn