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2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * 3-16TM / 4-5AM 2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * 2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * 3-24 Maintained by state and civilians. CG has some also. Orange boarder is retro. 2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * 4-13 4-12 2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * 2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * 4-36AM 6-1 This is part of the lateral system, and is numbered consecutively. Can be red or green. 2003 Aids to Navigation Workshop * Definition of a Range A pair of beacons arranged so that when they are aligned they indicate the center of the navigable channel. Range Marks Purpose: Indicate the center line of a channel when aligned as you traverse the channel. Description: Color: They will have colored panels equal in size vertical striped. Shape: Rectangle tall side up. Light - Green, Red, White and Yellow. Front range light is lower of the two. Rear range light is higher and further from the mariner. KGW = Range Green with White Stripe. WRECK MARKS Purpose: To alert the mariner to wrecks. Description: Color: Appropriate to side of channel. Shape: Appropriate to side of channel. Character: White letters “WR”, numbered in sequence with channel (WR2). Light: Same as buoy color. Characteristic: Quick Flashing (unless aid is a preferred channel aid) DAY MARK Some markers will have no lateral significance. They are not designed to indicate the channel but rather, to help you determine where you are. Light Structures Major Lighthouses Are named. e.g. Boston Light Symbol is large exclamation point. Fixed position Minor Lights Not named Same symbol Fixed position Enclosed edifice that houses protects, displays, or supports visual, audible, or radio aids to navigation. All US Lighthouses are now unmanned (except Boston Light) Lighthouse Light Patterns – see page 12 Fixed (F) – continuous, unblinking light Flashing (Fl) – light duration shorter than darkness. Frequency not greater than 30 per minute. Quick Fla