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Wolfstriked · 04-07-23, 06:32 AM

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

04-07-23, 06:32 AM	#1
Wolfstriked Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 756 Downloads: 230 Uploads: 0	Are port buoy red and green lights backwards? 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