Which Side of the Beacon?

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I have talked to a few people who are very new to boating lately so I thought I would do a few videos on general boating tips, just a few simple things to help get the new guys started.
I am starting off with a very simple one on Navigation marks. You will have learned these to pass your license test, but it never hurts to go over things again.
One thing that particularly struck me was that everyone seemed to think they should know which side of a beacon to go on but not everyone had thought of cheating by looking at the map or GPS. If you travel somewhere regularly then you get to know the beacons but the first couple of times you really should be cheating.
All this information and much more safety related content can also be found on the Maritime Safety Queensland web site:
www.msq.qld.gov.au/Safety/Nav...
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4 июл 2024

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@frederickstienheld285 3 года назад

The way I was taught to remember the East and West cardinal marks is to think of the arrows as the sun reflecting off the water. The East marker top triangle is pointing up just like the sun rising in the East, the West marker has the sun setting. The horizon is between the 2 triangles, if that makes sense. In reference to the isolated danger mark (plus day marks on barges etc), the same guy also said he has a young daughter and anything with 2 balls is dangerous

@weFishAU 3 года назад

I do get it and I like it. Quite clever. Love his idea on isolated danger.

@pigfigjig Год назад

Legendary 💥. You have a excellent perfect kind of late night radio voice..

@weFishAU Год назад

LOL, thank you!

@jimm3379 28 дней назад

Yep, gps chart plotters with a comprehensive Navionics database, have made marine nav simple & safe. Good point regarding a physical chart though.

@weFishAU 28 дней назад

Sure has, I would hate to go back to just relying on charts and landmarks to find the fishing spots.

@jimm3379 28 дней назад

So true, we take it for granted!There’s a generation that don’t know anything different.

@Jazzy78910 3 года назад

One thing I've noticed in my small amount of boating experience in the past 12 months is a large number of people don't seem to travel on the correct side of a channel, relative to the oncoming traffic. That is, on the right side, letting oncoming watercraft pass on your left. Highly frustrating when you're being squeezed up against a marker trying to stay on the right side.

@weFishAU 3 года назад

That has always been the case. I just go with the flow, if they want to keep left then so do I, no sense fighting about it. The number one rule is to avoid a collision.

@Jazzy78910 3 года назад

@@weFishAU Good philosophy, thanks

@Beyondthebackyard-au 3 года назад

This is going to help a lot people I am sure. A retired gentleman recently said to me, there are two types of boaties on Moreton bay, those that have run aground before, and liars lol

@weFishAU 3 года назад

LOL. Love his sense of humour, but there is an element of truth in it as well.

@Jazzy78910 3 года назад

I found a bar in my tinnie at 10 knots on my 3rd trip ever, lol. Lucky I had the outboard tilt lock set correctly to allow it to raise on impact :)

@weFishAU 3 года назад

Easily done when you are new to boating. As Beyond the Backyard said, there are two types of boaties.

@jarrodpage8200 7 месяцев назад

For cardinal markers the army taught wine cups in the west and diamond's in the east, never fogot it after 35 years

@weFishAU 7 месяцев назад

That is also a good one. I find that any memory aid like that helps me remember things.

@rodtj1298 6 месяцев назад

For cardinal marker lights I imagine a compass rose overlayed on a clock face. East is at 3 o'clock so three flashes, South at 6 o'clock so 6 flashes, etc.

@weFishAU 6 месяцев назад

That is a excellent memory aid as well.

@Topmodd 3 года назад

Fantastic videos, wondering if you would do a video showing tidal current movements for Nth and another for Central and then Southern ?

@weFishAU 3 года назад

Thank you. Already done the best I can. The video is based on CSIRO research into tidal movements and there were gracious enough to allow me to use their images. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-loTrYMomTRo.html It only covers the central and northern bay. Even the CSIRO couldn't work out the southern bay, too many islands.

@sooty155 3 года назад

Hi, On the West Cardinal Mark, I remember in my early days of boating that I used the Wineglass outline as a quick referance to the West Cardinal Marker. Hence the East marker was easily identified, because as you said, the North and South markers are obvious by the markings. Also I think that when there is more than one of the same Cardinal Marker in close approximation/area, the light sequence changes to identify each marker.

@weFishAU 3 года назад

Wineglass = W = West. Good one, love it. I didn't know that the sequence changed if there was more than one in close proximity. I'll have to check the flash sequences on my old paper maps if I can find one with two of the same cardinal marks close together.

@sooty155 3 года назад

@@weFishAU I could be wrong on lights. I checked the ones around Mud Island, as against some others further down the bay. I do think in most cases they are the same. Anyway I realy appreciate your Videos. Looking forward to seeing more of them.

@weFishAU 3 года назад

Thank you. I was planning an overnight fishing trip trying some really cool stuff. Should be out on the water now but work got in the way. Just as well I have some other material almost ready to go.

@user-mo3xp5lw6i Год назад

A drunk sailor told me there is no RED PORT LEFT. 😊

@weFishAU Год назад

😀 LOL.

@OHOHOHOOHOHOOOHOOHOHO 7 месяцев назад

A tip for the east cardinal is it sort of looks like an EASTer egg

@weFishAU 7 месяцев назад

That is another good memory aid.

@andrewfinlayson1507 3 года назад

Ive always remembered East cardinal marks this way .... the triangles face the same way they would were you looking at elevator buttons. E for Elevator is also E for East.

@weFishAU 3 года назад

Thank you. I love hearing all these little memory tricks others use.

@thesolipsismdilettante6498 2 года назад

The sun rises in the east so 🔺️ points up.

@bikepacker9850 10 месяцев назад

What is a cardinal beacon.. That would have been a useful piece of information.

@weFishAU 10 месяцев назад

You're right, it would have been. I was concentrating on giving hints on how to remember which one it was that I didn't think about boaties not knowing what they were in general.

@Brigalow01 3 месяца назад

Wouldn’t it be simple and easy just to put E for east W for west and so on

@weFishAU 3 месяца назад

Too easy :-)

@Brigalow01 3 месяца назад

@@weFishAU I thought that would be the case

@Killereggman 9 месяцев назад

When your charts fell into water, red n green . Remember when meeting another boat we follow Euro driving on opposite side of the road Long flash is north, 3 is east, 6 south etc

@weFishAU 9 месяцев назад

That's why I have 2 x GPS units, 1 x Navionics on my phone and 2 sets of paper charts, unlikely to ever be caught without a chart. :-) But you are correct about keeping right in a channel, except when the other boat thinks he is driving on an Australian road, then I do whatever I need to do to keep clear of him.