It is a mid-channel marker. You can pass to either side, traffic permitting.
It is also called a "safe water" buoy because it indicates no obstruction.
White lights are found on usually indicate mid-channels or fairways. These buoys will usually have red and white vertical stripes.
No. In accordance to the IALA system of buoyage, a tall white buoy, with vertical red stripes, marks the mid channel, or safe water.
White buoy with horizontal blue stripe
it doesn't indicate anything, aside from the fact that the buoy is there. the light simply makes it more visible in foggy or dark conditions.
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go around on either side
If you see a white marker with black vertical stripes it means that you should not pass between the marker and the shore.In boating, a buoy consisting of a white marker with black vertical stripes indicates an obstruction to navigation. Passing between such markers and the shore is unsafe.Inland Waters Obstruction Markersare white with black vertical stripes and indicate an obstruction to navigation.You should not pass between these buoys and the shore.Shoreward obstruction marker bouy. Means don't navigate between this bouy and the shore due to underwater obstruction(s).
Fairway buoys are spheres, pillars, or spars with red and white vertical stripes.
A boat operating in a narrow channel is required to keep as close as is safe to what side?
A white buoy with an orange marking most likely indicates that you should proceed through the area with caution. The buoy often marks rapids, rocks, or sandbars.
Vertical white with an orange diamond, and orange bands above and below the diamond,