OUPV & 100-Ton Master · Aids to Navigation — Discrepancy Reporting
A mariner who observes an aid to navigation off station, extinguished, or otherwise not watching properly should:
- AReport the discrepancy to the nearest Coast Guard unit✓ Correct
- BMove the buoy back themselves
- CIgnore it
- DRemove the aid from the water
Explanation
Discrepancies — a buoy off station, a light extinguished, a missing daymark — should be reported promptly to the Coast Guard so the aid can be corrected and other mariners warned (often via Broadcast Notice to Mariners). Mariners must never attempt to reposition or service an aid themselves.
Authority: U.S. Aids to Navigation System; Light List
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