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buoy

Floating object used to mark channels for shipping or warn of hazards to navigation. Buoys come in different shapes, such as a pole (spar buoy), cylinder (car buoy), and cone (nun buoy). Light buoys carry a small tower surmounted by a flashing lantern, and bell buoys house a bell, which rings as the buoy moves up and down with the waves. Mooring buoys are heavy and have a ring on top to which a ship can be tied.



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The buoyage system has little or nothing to do with port and starboard: rather, most buoys, whether red or green, are midchannel marks.
Lake Powell by Gibbs, Tony / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
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Second, buoyage and charting are limited -- and there's no Coast Guard or TowBoatU.
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