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Memory aids for
Aids To Navigation (ATON)
Use the following to help remember the characteristics of lateral ATONs
COGS – TERN
Returning from seaward, ATONs on the left are COGS; those on the right TERN (also, remember “Red, Right, Returning”)
C can T triangle
O odd number E even number
G green R red
S square N nun
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Memory aids for
The Pecking Order
Use the following to help remember what type of vessel stands on or gives way
Our Navy Requires Canned Fish Served Promptly at Seven
A vessel lower in the pecking order gives way to one higher in the pecking order
Our O Overtaken
Navy N Not under command
Requires R Restricted Maneuverability
Canned C Constrained by draft
Fish F Fishing (engaged in, as defined by rules)
Served S Sail
Promptly P Power
Seven S Seaplane