Re: MtMan-List: direction?

[Roger Lahti <lahtirog@gte.net>]

Dick,

I would say that the right side of a river is the right side when looking up
stream. On the Columbia R. and as you inter port from seaward whether moving up
stream or not, the right side of the channel will be marked with red buoys and
the left with green buoys after you are far enough up the channel to be under
Inland Rules. Thus the law of the sea says that the right side of the river is to
your right as you move inland. Not to say that there are no other traditions but
this is what I would put my money on.

Now I can foresee a situation when running a river where you and others are
paddling independently and one fellow canoeist says he will make camp on the
right bank. If you are going down stream you better ask him which he considers
the right bank. I remain....

YMOS
Capt. Lahti'

Rkleinx2@aol.com wrote:

> Please clarify this for me.
> When someone writes or says that something is on the right side of a river is
> he refering to looking up or downstream?
> Thanks.
>         Dick