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Miles - see back a few pages - this is the reply I got from the Harbour Auth. (the guys that should know the law and enforce it over here)
Summarised again below...
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"The speed limit in all the bays around the island is 6 knots. "
[-- Not adhered to in many bays. Fermain the boats steam in until they are near the shore - despite swimmers and snorkellers quite far offshore]

"Regarding Diver Down Marker Bouys, the use of the orange/red flag with a white diagonal stripe from top edge of the hoist to bottom edge of the fly is an American institute that has been adopted by some divers in the UK as an inndicator of their position. There is not , as I understand it, a legal requirement for it to be displayed. "
(-- so what about the Blue Alpha flags ? No advice given to me by them !)

"Whilst there is no hard and fast distance for avoiding these markers, once again good seamanship implies that a reasonable wide berth be given."
(--what is a 'reasonable wide berth' ??? 1m / 10m / 100m ???)

"Be advised that there is no regulation in force that requires a pleasure boater of any description to be educated at all in seamanship/boat handling/rule of the road etc."
(-- great !)

So even they don't seem to offer me any advise nor really state that there are any specific rules...

Ed