yellow harbor buoy

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what is the meaning of the yellow harbor buoy about 1/4 the way from ft sumpter to patriots point?
is it relatively new?
and the green / red pole marker kinda in from of the james island yacht club, out in the channel

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Quarantine Anchorage

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The yellow buoy you are referring to has been there for quite some time. Liked mention above it is for quarantine anchorage, but it is also used in certain areas as a cautionary buoy usually used in navigation to mark an area to avoid or is simply used to aid in navigation.

As for the red and green buoy you are referring these are junction buoys which also might indicate an obstruction with two different ways around the obstruction, but in this area you are referring to there are two diffrent channels. These buoys will indicate the preferred and secondary channel to be taken. Here is the rule to follow: The top band indicates the preferred channel. If you want the preferred channel then simply read the top color of the buoy and ignore the lower color altogether. So, if the top color is red, you are returning, and you want the preferred channel; read the junction buoy as a solid red buoy and leave it to starboard. However, if you have decided that you want the secondary channel you would read the second color down from the top (green) and treat the buoy as a solid green leaving it to port when returning. One thing to note: These buoys will have a letter instead of a number. Numbered buoys are always solid green or red; all others have letters.

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And…it’s Fort Sumter, there is no “P” thanks.

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Thanks guys
fer da egnlash too!!

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Originally posted by Reelescape

And…it’s Fort Sumter, there is no “P” thanks.

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