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2. How do boaters avoid hazards? What to know about markers ...

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   Just like traffic lights and signs help drivers on the road, boaters have buoys and signs to guide them to and from shore safely.

3. Navigational aid - Wikipedia

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   Lead marks (as in "leading a ship into a safe place") and lights are fixed markers that are laterally displaced to allow a mariner to navigate a fixed channel along the preferred route. They are also known as "channel markers". [14] [failed verification] They can normally be used coming into and out of the channel. When lit, they are also ...

4. Buoy - Wikipedia

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   Marker buoys, used in naval warfare (particularly anti-submarine warfare) emit light and/or smoke using pyrotechnic devices to create the flare and smoke. Commonly 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter and about 20 inches (500 mm) long, they are activated by contact with seawater and float on the surface.

5. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   In channel marking its use is opposite that of a nun buoy. canal boat A specialized watercraft designed for operation on a canal. During the Age of Sail, canal boats typically lacked sail s and mast s and relied on towboat s and mules to move from place to place. [36] canal schooner. Also sailing canal boat or sailing canal schooner.

6. Clues at Marker 15? Debris, damage indicate Keys boat may ...

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   Why the boat left the channel remains the critical unanswered question in the investigation. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

7. Lock (water navigation) - Wikipedia

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   A plan and side view of a generic, empty canal lock. A lock chamber separated from the rest of the canal by an upper pair and a lower pair of mitre gates.The gates in each pair close against each other at an 18° angle to approximate an arch against the water pressure on the "upstream" side of the gates when the water level on the "downstream" side is lower.

8. A boat with 5 people hit a channel marker in the Florida Keys ...

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   The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the agency investigating the crash, said Freddy Sergio Diaz, 46, was driving a 26-foot Contender boat around 8 p.m. when it hit the ...

9. Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel - Wikipedia

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   The Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946. [4] It is a modification of, and a supplement to, the Sacramento River Shallow Draft Navigation Project, which was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of 3 March 1899 and was started in September 1899 and completed in 1904.