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Originally Posted by thinkxingu
Fair point—I've always just head through on a straight line coming around from either side, but, looking at the map just now, it appears pretty easy that way.
Question: are the lighted buoys designed to be used in such a way to not need anything else but a chart in complete darkness? Specifically, if you know what color the current and next lighted buoys are, can you go straight between them?
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I would say yes. There are a few spots that are still tricky, but knowing the layout of the red and black markers in your head and where the lights are positioned in relation, you shouldn't have much problem to navigate at night. Except on the really pitch black night like you encountered, you will likely see all of the other markers with that relationship of light to marker in your head.
Just like day time, you also can have a few landmarks in mind that are usually visible at night. Mail dock on Bear Island, radio towers flashing...