Ships navigating pass bouys in america opp.way round to europe why?better to standardise don,t you think?

Question

Ships navigating pass bouys in america opp.way round to europe why?better to standardise don,t you think?

Answer 1

Yes   better  to  standardize    but   like  English   and   metric  measurements     it   wont    happen

Answer 2

Standardisation would be sensible, but the USA always wants to do things her own way...........

Answer 3

Yes we should standardise,  and as Europe has been going to sea far longer than the states .......

Answer 4

Its no different then driving on the left or right side of the road. Yes it would be great to standardize but that is not going to happen.

Its all explained here:

http://www.nauticalissues.com/en/iala.ht...