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Buoys, As Nautical Found Objects

New Buoys Waited Ashore
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New buoys waited on shore for deployment. The canal was being widened and deepened for the post-panamax ships, and as that work completed, new buoys were deployed.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Gatun Lake external link   •  The Panama Canal internal link   •  9° 7' 2.80" N, 79° 42' 6.76" W   •  (Photo taken 13:58:38 Sunday 25 May 2014)   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 19 August 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #T14_0728
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Sea Lions Napped On Buoy Number 2
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While on the Whale Watching Cruise out of Monterey Bay, we passed this buoy with several seal lions napping on it.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Whale Watching Cruise internal link Monterey, California   •  (Photo taken 10:27:04 Thursday 21 October 2010)   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 December 2012)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCY_2440
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Swimming Limit Buoy At Low Tide
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The outer swimming limit of the beach at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland, California was marked with a buoy. But at this time the tide was out, so the buoy rested on sand.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Middle Harbor Shoreline Park internal link Oakland, California   •  (Photo taken 15:15:36 Sunday 2 May 2010)   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 December 2012)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Oakland_4369BCX
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White Buoy With Blue Stripe
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A small round buoy painted white with a horizontal blue stripe was found just outside the departure port.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo taken 17:02:58 Saturday 26 December 2009)   •  (Photo posted Monday 11 January 2010)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #XmasCruise_0886BCX
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Buoy 8 On Stormy Water
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It was a stormy afternoon on San Francisco Bay as we passed buoy number 8 on our way back to the City.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo taken 15:38:10 Sunday 15 March 2009)   •  (Photo posted Monday 11 January 2010)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #153810_0828BCX
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Sacramento River Buoy Near Sunset
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A cylindrical buoy was found in the Sacramento River just before sunset.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Sacramento River internal link Sacramento, California   •  (Photo taken Saturday 15 November 2008)   •  (Photo posted Monday 11 January 2010)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SacramentoRiver_7260BCX
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Costa Rica Home Brewed Mooring Buoy
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A home brewed mooring buoy was found floating just off shore from Quepos, Costa Rica.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Quepos internal link Costa Rica   •  (Photo taken Wednesday 17 September 2008)   •  (Photo posted Monday 11 January 2010)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #MooringQueposCostaRica_5135BCX
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Yellow Mooring Buoy with Radar Reflector
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A yellow mooring buoy was found floating just off of Piers 32/34 in San Francisco. That buoy had a radar reflector tied to it.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo taken 2008)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #MissionBay_3021B
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Red Buoy Number 2 With Gull
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A buoy with the number 2 on it was found floating on San Francisco Bay with a seagull floating next to it.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo taken 2008)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #2SFBay_2042B
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Yellow Buoy San Francisco Bay
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A yellow buoy found just outside a marina on the San Francisco side of the bay.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo taken 2007)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SFBay_8997B
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Buoy afloat in the middle of the bay
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A navigation buoy found in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It marked part of the shipping channel from the Golden Gate under the Bay Bridge and into Oakland.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo taken 2007)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SFBay_8994B
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French Old Buoys Club
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A pile of rusty old buoys was found in a storage yard just outside Saint-Valery, France. Here, some really derelict examples were piled against a cinder-block wall.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Saint-Valery internal link France   •  (Photo taken 2006, Slide scanned 2006)   •  (Photo posted Monday 12 June 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_04
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French Buoy Number 9
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In a field behind a row of storage lockers we found a pile of unused buoys. One might have had a number 9 on it, provided it was not upside down.


Literal Numbers external link Decimal digits on display   •  Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Saint-Valery internal link France   •  (Photo taken in 2006)   •  (Photo posted Monday 12 June 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_03
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Saint-Valery Buoy 3
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A pile of buoys in a storage yard just outside Saint-Valery France. Only one buoy had a number visible and that was buoy number 3.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Saint-Valery internal link France   •  (Photo taken 2006, Slide scanned 2006)   •  (Photo posted Monday 12 June 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_02
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French Buoy Asleep With Mustard
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A yellow topped buoy lay at rest in a yard adjacent to a field of yellow mustard plants in Saint-Valery, France.


Buoys external link As Nautical Found Objects   •  Saint-Valery internal link France   •  (Photo taken 2006, Slide scanned 2006)   •  (Photo posted Monday 12 June 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_01
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