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Originally Posted by Skip
"...Actually the markers used in the Lake, and virtually all floating markers are made of pine. The specific density of pine averages about half that of the water it floats in, which helps ensure a marker floats upright appropriately..."
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'Should have figured that out myself.
The errant red spar that I pulled from the lake one April was unbelievably heavy. It required two of us, using a cable winch, to pull it from the lake. Ten years later, it's still sitting where we left it on shore.
Now that it has dried out, it is 'way too light to have been oak. When waterlogged, it would have been a formidable object to strike with a boat. (And still "respect-worthy").
Judging by the frequency of strike-marks on today's white plastic markers, one can understand why trying to defect one of these old wood markers with your boat would be a bad idea. (Especially at night
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It's been suggested—here—that the state's unique inland navigational marking system be replaced with the more conventional marking system of "can" and "nun" buoys.
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Originally Posted by Seadoo
Going down the channel today there was a solid red marker in the middle of the channel by Thurstons Marina. What is this??
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I know what you mean, but to paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "Now
this is a
solid red marker."
