Buoy
A buoy is a floating device that can have many uses. It is usually anchored in a certain place. The word is most commonly said ([bɔɪ]) (as in buoyant), but in American English it is often pronounced [ˈbu.i].
Types
Buoys are used by ships to navigate or sail safely from place to place. They are used to mark a safe channel on a river, lake or harbour. They are used to mark dangerous rocks and other items which ships have to keep clear of.[1] They can also be used to mark a shipwreck, pipelines or swimming areas.
Other uses
Buoys are used as marker for fishing, moorings for boats, yacht or dinghy racing, diving[2] or weather stations[3] and may be marked on charts as "Superbuoys".
Buoy Media
Smart buoy with solar panels, LED light, and corner reflectors for radar
buoy with letter box in Töre
Several different buoys at a storage depot.
Old iron buoys, most likely for mooring.
Children playing on a buoy in the Volga
A picture depicting four surface buoys, all of them recycled
A buoy beached at Sebastian Inlet State Park.
Emergency buoy of the Swedish submarine Nordkaparen
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References
- ↑ http://www.iala-aism.org/web/pages/publications/docpdf/mbsenpdf/MBS1to3.pdf Maritime Buoyage System Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Davies, D (1998). "Diver location devices". Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. 28 (3). Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ↑ IALA (2008). "International Dictionary of Marine Aids to Navigation – ODAS buoy". Retrieved 10 December 2016.