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    The document discusses the direction of buoyage, which is represented on charts by a large purple arrow pointing in the direction that vessels should travel. The direction of buoyage when entering a harbor is into the harbor from the sea, or if in a river, towards the river's source. Understanding the direction of buoyage determines which side a vessel should pass lateral buoys on, depending on whether they are traveling with or against the direction of buoyage.

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    The document discusses the direction of buoyage, which is represented on charts by a large purple arrow pointing in the direction that vessels should travel. The direction of buoyage when entering a harbor is into the harbor from the sea, or if in a river, towards the river's source. Understanding the direction of buoyage determines which side a vessel should pass lateral buoys on, depending on whether they are traveling with or against the direction of buoyage.

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    The document discusses the direction of buoyage, which is represented on charts by a large purple arrow pointing in the direction that vessels should travel. The direction of buoyage when entering a harbor is into the harbor from the sea, or if in a river, towards the river's source. Understanding the direction of buoyage determines which side a vessel should pass lateral buoys on, depending on whether they are traveling with or against the direction of buoyage.

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    Identified on charts, the direction of buoyage helps prevent collisions at sea by clearly providing the direction vessels should be travelling
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    Easily identifed on charts, the direction of buoyage is represented on Admiralty charts by a large purple arrow pointing in the direction of the
    buoyage. Generally however, the direction of buoyage when entering a harbour is into the harbour from the sea, or if in a river, towards the rivers
    source.

    It is important to understand the direction of buoyage as it determines the side in which you should pass lateral buoys. When following the
    direction of buoyage, the lateral buoys on your port side are the port lateral buoys, and the lateral buoys on your starboard side are the starboard
    lateral buoys, makes sense. So if you're travelling against the direction of buoyage, port lateral buoys will be on your starboard, and starboard
    buoys will be on your port side.

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