US Aids to Navigation

[@abdulkkhan5095]

He is one of the finest sailing educators .

[@naldocarson2359]

Thanks Tom for sharing your experience and practical approach to sailing

[@flyinghawk531]

Thank you very much for your every lesson, captain.

[@dharrell2000]

MDS videos always provides you with a firehose of information, I save all their videos and will eventually go to this school

[@bigdukepod]

Outstanding! I love all of your material. Thanks for taking the time to share your expertise. I've watched everything you have on you tube and I look forward to taking your courses "in person" one day. Again thanks!

[@mdschoolofsailing]

bigdukepod Thank you for you kind words and thoughts. We enjoy preparing these seminars, and we're glad to share... MDS

[@m.ilkertemucin7239]

thanks for the brief explanations

[@SailingTheGreatLakes]

Superbly presented.

[@r1sadeghian]

Fantastic!

[@azy631]

Thanks a lot.

[@rachelbianco5784]

Why do lighted beacons always use Red Tear Drops whether green or red? WHy not green tear drops on map? Thanks

[@trafalgar1938]

Why have the lateral aids lights put the red on the starboard side and the green on the port side

[@steveo5595]

to confuse the Germans during the Second World War. Its IALA A vs B

[@donjvalley]

I a little confused about the Cape Henry 'RACON' light. It appears to me that there is a "typo error" since the picture of the chart that I see 'on screen' shows Morse Code of _._.(dash, dot, dash, dot or long, short, long, short) which is definitely not the letter A (dot, dash or ._), --- unless it is always preceded by a _ (dash)symbol for RACON lights. Please explain what I'm missing, since I'm very new to sailing and appreciate your educational videos.

[@mdschoolofsailing]

If you are asking about the buoy RW "CH" Mo (A) Whis RACON just east of Cape Henry... The light sequence is Mo(A) but the RACON signal placed on your radar screen is (-.-.) I call your attention to the USCG Light List Volume II which you can download from the NGA website, for a detailed description of this subject

[@pranavbhatt6820]

For Naval officer, must be know.

[@vinceandsharon33]

It's a real pain you guys reverse the buoy system to the rest of the world. We should have forced you to adapt the same as everyone else, it's pretty dangerous. Thanks for the upload though.

[@mdaddley]

I laughed when I seen the word "Forced" like that could ever happen....

[@cynikalX]

i heard somewhere that there used to be some 30 different systems for lights before IALA narrowed it down to two.. one system everywhere would be ideal but then the stubborn USA needs to do things different than most of the rest of the world..

[@tanguerochas]

The USA reversed the colors of marks during the War of 1812 to confuse the British. It must have worked.

[@dinkaboutit4228]

I'm sure this gentleman is super knowledgeable and excellently well qualified, but I feel very uncomfortable getting technical advice from someone who uses Microsoft Internet Explorer. I just am.

[@SailingTheGreatLakes]

It was ten years ago and he navigated MIE like a pro.