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On approaching the English Channel on course 080°T, you note the symbol YBY near a charted buoy. How should you pass this buoy?

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tt ttaylor · Feb 18, 2019

Had to dig for this. YBY is a Cardinal Mark. Yellow/Black/Yellow (two cones apex to apex) is West mark. Safe water to the west. Look up North, South, and East Cardinal marks also.

Deck: General Navigation

On approaching the English Channel on course 080&deg;T, you note the symbol YBY near a charted buoy. How should you pass this buoy?

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On approaching the English Channel on course 080°T, you note the symbol YBY near a charted buoy. How should you pass this buoy?