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One c
fine print! Inside, or adjacent to the "Danger
nl
an o
One can only wonder how a boat ends fine pr int! Inside , or a dja cent to the "Dang er
w
w
s labeled
up grounded between two buoys labeled Diamo nd" wil l be w or ds to define the “ m ust
o buo
up gr
Diamond" will be words to define the “must
y
een t
ounded bet
or under
O
”,
water haz
CK,
ar
"SHO AL". Ho w does o ne hit a pr opel ler avoid”, or underwater hazard, like ROCK,
"SHOAL". How does one hit a propeller
av
like R
d,
oid
DAM, and the ever alluring SHOAL. Some
o
merg
on a submerged rock outcropping with a D AM, and the e v er al lur ing SHO AL. S o me
oc
n a sub
opping with a
k outcr
ed r
y anc
of these "Bad Buoys" are out there alone
CK"?
O
y sa
y
ing "R
buoy anchored nearby saying "ROCK"? of these "Ba d Buo y s" ar e out ther e alo ne
buo
b
hor
ed near
lass of motor
ne c
and unafr
t seems to
iz
af
while
d,
o o
ed cr
N
No one class of motorized craft seems to and unafraid, locating a point hazard, while
ar
ating a point haz
aid,
loc
ks bor
be immune from being sucked into the
be imm une fr o m being suc ked into the others run in packs bordering an area hazard.
un in pa
ea haz
ing an ar
d.
der
c
others r
ar
l of "Dang
dreaded attractive spell of "Danger Buoys".
e spel
er Buo
dr
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ctiv
s".
ded attr
y
ake
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n this o
ne
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ust us o
ou hav
Y
You have to trust us on this one, Lake
e to tr
Recent scr eams w er e hear d fr o m a jet
Recent screams were heard from a jet
o
mes fr
v
m
er co
Lovers: nothing good ever comes from
L
v
ers:
ood e
nothing g
o
skiing" Damsel in Distr ess". S he ha d been
skiing" Damsel in Distress". She had been
steering your craft between SHOAL buoys
our cr
steer
ing y
y
s
w
een SHO
AL buo
af
t bet
k b
c
our
y f
and was under atta
surrounded, and was under attack by four
surr
ounded,
,
b
and the shor
and
e near
and the shore nearby, and
y
sinister SHO AL Buo y s,
sinister SHOAL Buoys,
ea
the same is tr
the same is true for the area
or the ar
ue f
l of our
str
iking f
striking fear into all of our
ear into al
e
w
w
in bet
o or mor
een t
in between two or more
e the
One m
hearts. One must admire the
hear
ts.
dmir
ust a
c
er
lusio
“Exclusion” or “Danger”
Dang
”
or “
“
Ex
n

”
brave pontoon boat Skipper,
br av e po ntoo n boat S kipper ,
buoys. Don't go between the
buo y s. Do n't g o bet w een the
who went down with his ship
who w ent do wn with his ship
Diamo
Diamonds. You also don't
Y
n't

ou also do
nds.
(in a f oot of water) af ter being
(in a foot of water) after being
want to play "chicken" with
want to pla
hic
y "c
ken" with
lured in by these marked
lur ed in b y these mar ked
the loners, unless of course
the lo
ners,
unless of course
demo
ws.
lo
demons of the shallows.
ns of the shal
le
"Dang
"Danger" is your middle
our midd
er" is y
eak this
Ho
e br
w do w
How do we break this
name .
name.
spell and make peace with
spel l and make pea ce with
n
Dang er Buo y s bef or e w e too These aids to navigation
These aids to navigatio
Danger Buoys before we too
do not usually have lights
encounter the per ils of the lake , the likes of do not usual l y hav e lights
encounter the perils of the lake, the likes of
whic h o nl y U l y sses kne w and sur viv ed? attached to them (if they do they will be
which only Ulysses knew and survived?
y do the
y wil
hed to them (if the
l be
c
atta
The
flashing white).

wa
flashing white). They are not always depicted
y ar
y
s depicted
e not al
There are four types of official USCG
pes of official USC
Ther
our t
e f
y
G
e ar
on local charts, because they get installed
o n loc al c har ts, bec ause the y g et instal led
e used b
y
s that ar
white c
y
linder "c
white cylinder "can" buoys that are used by
an" buo
y
faster than the loc al c har ts g et updated. N ot
faster than the local charts get updated. Not
T L A C and AE P to help enable saf e visual
TLAC and AEP to help enable safe visual
al l haz ar ds hav e "Ba d Buo y s" lur king near b y .
all hazards have "Bad Buoys" lurking nearby.
navigatio n. The y ar e: BO A T E X CL USION,
navigation. They are: BOAT EXCLUSION,
It al l co mes do wn to r e vie wing c har ts f or
It all comes down to reviewing charts for
D ANGE R , C ONT R OL L E D AR EA, and
DANGER, CONTROLLED AREA, and
hazards and depths, knowing what the water
haz ar ds and depths, kno wing what the water
I NFORMA T ION. Al l hav e or ang e bands
INFORMATION. All have orange bands
el is o
n the lake
v
le
,
and seeing the ar
level is on the lake, and seeing the area first
ea first
c
lusio
ms.
at their tops and bottoms. “Boat Exclusion”
Boat Ex
n
”
at their tops and botto

“
t of r
y light.
ou
in da
in day light. It's sort of ridiculous to ask you
It's sor
idiculous to ask y
”
e diamo
and “Danger” have distinct orange diamond
e distinct or
Dang
hav
ang
nd
and
“
er
d,
so
to "see and av
to "see and avoid" an underwater hazard, so
oid" an under
water haz
ar
Boat Ex
n them.
lusio
c
shapes displa
shapes displayed on them. Boat Exclusion
ed o
y
n
y
our buo

s.
please mind your buoys.
please mind y
has a diamond with a cross inside pf it,

oss inside pf it,
nd with a cr
has a diamo
“
Dang
er
whereas “Danger” is a hollow diamond . If May the Winter Season Grace all
wher
eas
”
nd .
If
w diamo
is a hol
lo
you see a "Diamond" on a white buoy, just
y ou see a "Diamo nd" o n a white buo y , just with Peace and Safe Boating.
Stay Away! Don't come closer to read the
S ta y A wa y! Do n't co me c loser to r ea d the
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