New in UK - please help :)

[luismoed]

If all your experience has been on the other side of the Atlantic you won't be used to the local buoyage. The Americas are part of IALA region B, the UK and Europe are part of region A. I'm no expert on this, but I believe the main difference is that the colour coding of lateral buoys are the other way round.

It might be a good idea to do a local RYA Day Skipper theory course. It's not essential, but it would help you enjoy your sailing rather than finding out everything the hard way. If you decide to just go out and start sailing I would suggest studying the front part of your almanac, there's normally a lot of useful info about buoyage, obtaining weather reports, and tidal streams. On the east coast, a few of the rivers are a little tricky to enter and there is lot of useful info on websites like the East Coast Pilot.

Some useful websites:-
http://www.eastcoastpilot.com
http://www.rya.org.uk

Hi, this is a very good point, thanks! I quickly check and in fact Americas is IALA B, while Europe is IALA A.

 

[sarabande]

Incredible. The dumbing down of education in the UK. Every single poster on this thread seems unable to spell the noun "licence".

Incredible. The dumbing down of education in the UK. Some posters in this thread seem unable to write a sentence without leaving out the main verb. And the logic of your hypothesis is flakey: if someone posts in the thread and does not use the word 'licence', how do you know that poster is unable to spell 'licence' ?


We have a long tradition in these forums of ignoring spelling and grammar mistakes, and looking for the real meaning and contribution. Lack of spelling skills does not indicate technical incompetence in marine matters.

 

[Tradewinds]

I'm hoping Andy61 might have missed off a smiley

 

[alant]

Hi Alan, in fact I am German but i lived a few years in Brazil while working for the company and now in UK.

Bit worrying, not one of the "Boys from Brazil" gang I hope?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)

 

[alant]

Hi, this is a very good point, thanks! I quickly check and in fact Americas is IALA B, while Europe is IALA A.

IALA B, red right returning.

 

[luismoed]

Bit worrying, not one of the "Boys from Brazil" gang I hope?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)

Hehehe, never heard about this before... lets just say that when the movie was released i was not even born