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Originally Posted by Wolfstriked
I am a stickler for realism so stuff like this bothers me.When l looked up buoys I found something that SH3 contradicts but I wonder if maybe Germany had decided to do things their own way,like England with driving on left side of road.What I found was that when leaving a port the red buoys should be on port side and green on starboard.Vice versa when entering a port the green buoys are on port side and red on starboard.
""The expression “red right returning” has long been used by seafarers as a reminder
that the red buoys are kept to the starboard (right) side when proceeding from the
open sea into port (upstream). Likewise, green buoys are kept to the port (left) side""
Did Germany do this differently?
http://www.dbw.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/ABC%27s_2016_WaterwayMarkings.pdf
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The technical committee of the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities finally proposed a solution in 1973 which comprised two systems, one operating in the areas around America and the regions influenced by the Americans and one operating in the rest of the world. The regions were called REGION A and REGION B. The main difference between the two systems is the colour of the lateral buoys. In Region A the colour red of the lateral system is used to mark the port side of channels and the colour green the starboard side. In Region B the colours are reversed.
Source:
https://maritimesa.org/nautical-scie...-introduction/
The buoys in Sh3's French ports are using the modern IALA Region A buoyage system.
Red right returning is only a thing in the IALA region B which is shown in the pic below.
