{"id":972,"date":"2015-05-06T16:54:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T20:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=309"},"modified":"2020-05-06T19:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:49:01","slug":"day-beacons","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/day-beacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Beacons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day Beacons are signs posted on land or water. They are without lights and are intended for daytime use only. These beacons use the same colours as the <a title=\"The Lateral System\" href=\"\/article\/the-lateral-navigation-system\/\">Lateral System<\/a> and are typically used as channel or hazard markers. They may be marked with reflective lettering for identification on marine charts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/DayBacons-01HeroScaled1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-310\" data-original=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/DayBacons-01HeroScaled1-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of each of the four types of day beacons\" width=\"701\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Port-Hand Day Beacon<\/h2>\n<p>These beacons consist of a black and green square on a white background framed by a reflective green border. A Port-Hand Day Beacon identifies the port (left) side of a channel or hazard and must be kept on the left side when proceeding upstream. Port-Hand Day Beacons may display an odd number marked with reflective white lettering for reference on marine charts.<\/p>\n<h2>Port-Junction Day Beacon<\/h2>\n<p>These mark the junction of two channels and may be passed on either side. If the preferred channel is desired, they should be kept on the vessel\u2019s port (left) side when <a href=\"http:\/\/red-right-returning\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">traveling upstream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Starboard-Hand Day Beacon<\/h2>\n<p>These beacons consists of a red triangle on a white background framed by a reflective red border. A Starboard-Hand Day Beacon identifies the starboard (right) side of the channel or hazard and must be kept on the right side when proceeding upstream. They may display an even number marked with reflective white lettering for reference on marine charts.<\/p>\n<h2>Starboard-Junction Day Beacon<\/h2>\n<p>These beacons mark the junction of two channels and may be passed on either side. If the preferred channel is desired, the Starboard-Junction Day Beacon should be kept on the vessel\u2019s starboard (right) side when travelling upstream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[12],"article-tag":[82,103,137,212,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recognizing and Using Day Beacons on the Water<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An overview of how to use day beacons on the water. 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