Starboard hand buoy Red buoy / Starboard Lateral Buoy
![Starboard hand buoy](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/starboard-hand-buoy-hr-2.png?width=1100&height=619&name=starboard-hand-buoy-hr-2.png)
What is a starboard hand buoy?
- A starboard hand buoy marks the starboard (right) side of a channel or where a danger is located.
- It must be kept on the starboard (right) side of a pleasure craft when proceeding upstream direction.
- It is coloured red.
- If the starboard buoy has a light, the color of the light is red.
- Its top is cone-shaped
- and if it is numbered, it bears an even number.
![Starboard buoy](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc/starboard-hand-buoy.jpg?width=1000&height=563&name=starboard-hand-buoy.jpg)