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The left and right banks of a river (Western River System) are referred to relative to a vessels course UP or DOWNSTREAM?
 
Good question... below is what I found on another website:

When traveling downstream the banks are named "right" and "left". The right bank has green aids and the left bank has red aids, thus the west bank of the Mississippi is its right bank and it has green aids. To avoid confusion, commercial river traffic often calls the right bank the right descending bank and the left bank the left descending bank, expressed in this way, leaves no room for doubt.
 
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To avoid confusion, commercial river traffic often calls the right bank the right descending bank and the left bank the left descending bank, expressed in this way, leaves no room for doubt.

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Exactly right!
 
The sun rises in the East correct? As best I know, that is the way of the world. Then how come you can stand at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans and watch the sun rise over the West Bank of the Mississippi River? Google that.
 
Seems counter-intuitive since aids are based on "returning from sea"...
 
I've seen all kinds of strange things standing at the foot of Canal Street.
 
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The sun rises in the East correct? As best I know, that is the way of the world. Then how come you can stand at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans and watch the sun rise over the West Bank of the Mississippi River? Google that.

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First time I ever drove to NOLA as a teenager from SW La., I went too far and crossed the CCC bridge. When I saw a sign right before the bridge taht said I was going to the West Bank, you talk about confused.
 
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Seems counter-intuitive since aids are based on "returning from sea"...

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How is it counter intuitive? You are headed downstream back to sea and the reds are on the left.
 
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We always went by "red right returning"

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I was up in St. Augustine today and asked an old salty shrimp boat captain friend of mine this question and asked how to best explain it. Here's exactly what he said:

" Down stream is "leaving", compass direction has no relevance, so Red Left Leaving. Up stream is "returning" so Red Right Return."

He went on to explain that a LOT of confusion comes from the fact that a lot of rivers are part of the ICW. In the ICW "Red" is always on the side of the greater land mass, i.e. the mainland. So, on the east coast of Florida in the ICW the red markers are on the west side of the channel. On the west coast of Florida the red markers are always on the east side of the channel.

Bob
 
example of where the red switches sides is at the Sub base in St Marys Ga, and there is NO water outside of the channel,especially going north. Red is on the right up until where the subs turn into the berths,then you are in the ICW and red is on the left, if you are going north. Also true is at the inlet Jekyllisland, there will be
25 + feet on one side of the red and 2ft on the other, you have to know where the inlet and the ICW meet.
 
You'll note in those instances that the main channel markers will have a a yellow square or triangle on them noting what their ICW role is. So you may see a red marker with a green square on it.
 
You'll note in those instances that the main channel markers will have a a yellow square or triangle on them noting what their ICW role is. So you may see a red marker with a green square on it.
 
The markers denoting the ICW are yellow. Therefore, you may see a yellow square on a red triangular dayboard or a yellow triangle on a green dayboard. The yellow color lets you know it is an ICW ATON and to treat the ATON as a nun or can by the shape of the yellow mark.

Pete
 
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The markers denoting the ICW are yellow.

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Just to be clear, the markers themselves are not yellow. Just their secondary markings.

You can go to boatsafe dot com and look at their Aids to Navigation Review you can see clearly how the markers are marked.
 
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