Of course buoys are first come first served and you are not allowed to tie your dinghy to one as a way to reserve or save it. But what are you going to do if you find one with a dinghy tied to it? Set it free! No of course not.
Which brings up road rage or should we coin a new term? how about -water rage- or -cruiser rage- boat rage- island rage- For the most part, boaters seem to leave their rage on shore, but if you pay much attention to the vhf you may think otherwise.
Back to buoys, mooring buoys are supposed to have a blue stripe, and most of the parks are close enough, putting a stripe on an old tire is a little tough.
Around the populated areas you may find lots of buoys, most are likely to be private, none are OK to use without permission.
A word to the wise, don't trust buoys any further than you can tow them.
Some are not maintained and break loose when you are asleep or ashore.
Some may be in shallow water, or even be on the ground at low tide (check your depth) or have lots of rope, and flotsam dangling from them. (yes, park buoys)
I think when you hook onto a buoy where you plan to leave valuable property tied up, you should back down as if you were setting your anchor, but that's just me. >> read this post Anchor Buoy breaks free at Jones Island
Some other time we can talk about cleats and rotten old floats.
Click below for satellite view of Blakely Island store and dock
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