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IALA Buoyage Systems

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The International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) that standardised the world's navigational buoys into two systems

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The IALA buoyage systems were created in 1979 by the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) to unify the worlds
navigational buoys. While predominately successful, there are still 2 buoyage systems used throughout the world, system A and system B. All the
buoys are the same in the 2 systems apart from Lateral buoys and Preferred Channel buoys, which use opposite colours between the two
buoyage systems.

IALA Buoyage System A

Used in the majority of the world including Europe, Africa, Australia and most of Asia. Here's a list of some noticeable countries that use the IALA
System A.

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United Kingdom Spain Australia France South Africa Greece Seychelles Thailand Cape Verde Croatia New Zealand

Egypt

IALA Buoyage System B

Used in the Americas, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and the eastern Pacific.

United States of America Canada Japan South Korea Paraguay Argentina Brazil Philippines British Virgin Islands

Grenada Ecuador Mexico

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Basics
How Boats Sail
Parts of a Sailing Boat
Parts of a Sail
Points of Sail
Relative Terms
Rules of the Road
Tacks: Starboard vs Port
Terminology
Navigation
Buoys
Cardinal Marks
Direction of Buoyage
Emergency Wreck Buoys
IALA Buoyage Systems
Isolated Danger Buoys
Lateral Marks
Preferred Channel Markers
Safe Water Markers
Special Marks
Communication
Morse Code
Phonetic Alphabet
Semaphore Flags
Signal Flags
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Weather
Beaufort Wind Scale

Basics

How Boats Sail

Parts of a Sailing Boat
Parts of a Sail
Points of Sail
Relative Terms
Rules of the Road
Tack: Starboard vs Port
Terminology
Communication

Morse Code
Phonetic Alphabet
Semaphore Flags
Signal Flags

Weather

Beaufort Wind Scale

Navigation

Buoys
Cardinal Marks
Direction of Buoyage
Emergency Wreck Buoys
IALA Buoyage Systems
Isolated Danger Buoys
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Lateral Marks
Preferred Channel Markers
Safe Water Markers
Special Marks
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