Mee-n-Mac |
07-20-2009 09:51 PM |
Look at it another way
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Originally Posted by Mat
(Post 100341)
Thats what I thought. But why do the the markers have companion buoys?
Thanks
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As said above the lighted navaids are there to help navigation at night (and when visibility is limited). Usually they are placed next to another navaid which marks some sort of hazard. So that navaid (white/red-tip or white/black-tip) tells you (by virtue of it's coloration) which direction to pass by and a few of these also have a lighted navaid companion. The lighted navaid is (these days) generally just an orange buoy with a light on top. It, by itself, doesn't indicate which side of the buoy is safe to pass on.
You might ask why Winni doesn't have more lighted navaids to mark/accompany more hazard markers. Fraid I can't answer that one other than to say it's been said that along the major routes you can always see 2 lighted navaids so perhaps TPTB thought that what we have was/is good enough.
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