Originally Posted by
Gipsy Queen
...For that reason I am ignorant of North American practises which seldom are in harmony with the rest of the world. The "Red right returning" dictum (contrary to IALA stipulations) is typical of this insularity.
For the benefit of the non-sailors reading this; when heading into port (returning), red marks are kept to port and green to starboard.
Except of course in the Americas, Korea, Japan and the Phillipines, where they use exactly the opposite "standard", "red right returning"!
Presumably the aberant Asian areas are a result of American influence during reconstruction/development immediately after the second world war.
http://safe-skipper.com/an-explanati...-a-and-iala-b/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_mark#IALA_System