Having sailed all my life in the Western Hemisphere, I figured the red markers to starboard outbound Kiel were another error of the game, or maybe a result of the Canal. If red were to starboard at the west entrance to the canal, and consistently throughout its length, there would be a red marker to starboard at the Kiel end and possibly at the mouth of Kiel harbor as well. The system doesn't lend itself well to double-ended channels.
But, based on the source Trevally posted, which seems correct, it's even worse than that. There are two exactly opposite standards! One rule for roughly half the world, and the opposite for the other half! Kind of misses the point of standardization, especially in regard to navaids, where users would be going from one standards area to another pretty regularly. And this is what is described as the IALA Rationalized System.
Don't drink and sail!
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