What are the different types of buoys?
Also to know is, what side of the buoy do you stay on?
Red buoys must be kept on the right side of a craft when proceeding in the upstream direction. A simple rule is red to the right when returning, or the three “R's”: red, right, return. In many places, the direction of the current is determined by consensus or by the tide.
Besides, what is a preferred channel buoy?
A Preferred Channel Buoy is actually very helpful and easy to understand. When two channels meet this buoy tells us which is the preferred channel of travel. That's it. Two red strips and one green, treat it like a red buoy, Two green stripes and one red, treat it like a green buoy.
Navigational buoys The buoys are used to delimit the race course and must be passed to a specified side. Course marker buoys are also used in underwater orienteering competitions.