Definition
The principal navigable route into or through a harbour, generally the deepest water, marked with lateral buoyage and often with a safe water mark or fairway buoy at its seaward end. It may carry one-way working, a speed limit and a requirement to keep to its starboard side. Small craft are commonly asked to keep outside the buoyed channel where depth allows, and must not impede vessels which can navigate only within it.
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