BERMUDA CAPTAINS EXAM:
LIGHTED BUOYS AND BEACONS
Narrows Channel - ANSWERS -No. 1-16 Buoy
South Channel - ANSWERS -No. 20-30 Bouy, Shelly bay shoal buoy, Gibbet island
buoy, flatt's bridge, Devonshire dock, elbow bouy, hogfish beacon
No. 1 buoy - ANSWERS -flash red every 2.5sec
No. 2 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 2.5sec
North breakwater beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec (dockyard basin entrance)
Dundonald channel to two rock passage - ANSWERS -No. 33 - 44 buoy
No. 33 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash red every 2.5sec
No. 35 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec
No. 38 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 2.5 sec
No. 4 buoy - ANSWERS -Group flash (3) green every 6sec
No. 10 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec
No. 15 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec
No. 16 buoy - ANSWERS -Group flash (2) every 7.5sec
No. 20 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green ever 2.5sec
No. 21 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash red every 2.5sec
No. 22 bouy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec
Shelly bay shoal beacon - ANSWERS -Group flash (2) white every 7.5sec
Isolated danger mark
Black with red band
, Topmark - 2 black spheres, one above the other
Gibbet island beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec (flatt's inlet entrance)
Flatt's bridge - ANSWERS -Traffic lights red and green
No. 26 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green ever 2.5sec
Devonshire dock - ANSWERS -Fixed green light
Elbow buoy - ANSWERS -Very quick flash white (6) plus one long every 10sec
southern cardinal mark
yellow and black pillar buoy with word "elbow"
topmark - 2 black cones point down
No.29 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec
No. 30 - ANSWERS -flash green every 4sec
Hogfish beacon - ANSWERS -Group flash (2) orange every 10sec (Spanish pointy)
white structure with black band around the top
height: 20 ft
Dockyard, Freeport - ANSWERS -Commodore's cottage, south breakwater beacon,
north breakwater beacon
Commodore's cottage - ANSWERS -Fixed red light (dockyard)
South breakwater beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec (dockyard basin
entrance)
No. 40 buoy - ANSWERS -Very quick flash white (9) every 15 sec
western cardinal mark
yellow with black band
topmark - 2 black cones, one above the other point to point
No. 42 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec
No. 44 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 2.5sec
Hamilton Harbour - ANSWERS -Two rock passage, head of the Lane beacon, timelines
narrows beacon, spectacle island beacon
Two rock passage north - ANSWERS -Very quick flash green (80 per min)
Two rock passage south - ANSWERS -Very quick flash red (80 per min)
LIGHTED BUOYS AND BEACONS
Narrows Channel - ANSWERS -No. 1-16 Buoy
South Channel - ANSWERS -No. 20-30 Bouy, Shelly bay shoal buoy, Gibbet island
buoy, flatt's bridge, Devonshire dock, elbow bouy, hogfish beacon
No. 1 buoy - ANSWERS -flash red every 2.5sec
No. 2 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 2.5sec
North breakwater beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec (dockyard basin entrance)
Dundonald channel to two rock passage - ANSWERS -No. 33 - 44 buoy
No. 33 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash red every 2.5sec
No. 35 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec
No. 38 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 2.5 sec
No. 4 buoy - ANSWERS -Group flash (3) green every 6sec
No. 10 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec
No. 15 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec
No. 16 buoy - ANSWERS -Group flash (2) every 7.5sec
No. 20 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green ever 2.5sec
No. 21 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash red every 2.5sec
No. 22 bouy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec
Shelly bay shoal beacon - ANSWERS -Group flash (2) white every 7.5sec
Isolated danger mark
Black with red band
, Topmark - 2 black spheres, one above the other
Gibbet island beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec (flatt's inlet entrance)
Flatt's bridge - ANSWERS -Traffic lights red and green
No. 26 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green ever 2.5sec
Devonshire dock - ANSWERS -Fixed green light
Elbow buoy - ANSWERS -Very quick flash white (6) plus one long every 10sec
southern cardinal mark
yellow and black pillar buoy with word "elbow"
topmark - 2 black cones point down
No.29 beacon - ANSWERS -Flash red every 4sec
No. 30 - ANSWERS -flash green every 4sec
Hogfish beacon - ANSWERS -Group flash (2) orange every 10sec (Spanish pointy)
white structure with black band around the top
height: 20 ft
Dockyard, Freeport - ANSWERS -Commodore's cottage, south breakwater beacon,
north breakwater beacon
Commodore's cottage - ANSWERS -Fixed red light (dockyard)
South breakwater beacon - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec (dockyard basin
entrance)
No. 40 buoy - ANSWERS -Very quick flash white (9) every 15 sec
western cardinal mark
yellow with black band
topmark - 2 black cones, one above the other point to point
No. 42 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 4sec
No. 44 buoy - ANSWERS -Flash green every 2.5sec
Hamilton Harbour - ANSWERS -Two rock passage, head of the Lane beacon, timelines
narrows beacon, spectacle island beacon
Two rock passage north - ANSWERS -Very quick flash green (80 per min)
Two rock passage south - ANSWERS -Very quick flash red (80 per min)