Assume that your vessel has just entered Lake Michigan via the Straits of Mackinac and is proceeding south to Chicago. Which statement is TRUE with respect to the aids to navigation you will encounter along this route?

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Red buoys should be passed down your starboard side.

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All solid colored buoys are numbered, the red buoys bearing odd numbers and green buoys bearing even numbers.

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Green buoys mark the location of wrecks or obstructions which must be passed by keeping the buoy on the right hand.

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Aids to navigation are serviced jointly by the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard.

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