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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.
They usually imply that open, deep and safe water lies ahead. They are also used to indicate the start and end of a buoyed section of a continuous narrow channel; and a series of them may mark a safe route through shallow areas. [1] It is therefore important to consult appropriate charts to determine their meaning in each location.
A lateral buoy, lateral post or lateral mark, as defined by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, is a sea mark used in maritime pilotage to indicate the edge of a channel. Each mark indicates the edge of the safe water channel in terms of port (left-hand) or starboard (right-hand).
Leading lights, also known as range lights in the United States, are a pair of light beacons used in navigation [2] to indicate a safe passage for vessels entering a shallow or dangerous channel; they may also be used for position fixing. At night, the lights are a form of leading line that can be used for safe navigation. The beacons consist ...
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The Corps of Engineers marks the Intracoastal with channel markers like this one. Locations along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway are defined in terms of statute miles (as opposed to nautical miles , in which most marine routes are measured) east and west of Harvey Lock, a navigation lock in the New Orleans area located at 29°54′32″N 90°05 ...
A map of the inland waterway system with the McClellan–Kerr Navigation System marked in red. A map of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System ( MKARNS ) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through ...
Wildmon was among seven people on board a 22-foot center console boat that struck a channel marker Friday while on the way back to a marina on Stock Island, according to police. She was ejected ...