Buoys

A buoy (/ˈbɔɪ/, also /ˈbwɔɪ/ or US /ˈbuːiː/) is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with the sea wave. The word, of Old French or Middle Dutch origin, is (in British English) now most commonly pronounced /ˈbɔɪ/ (identical with boy, as in buoyant). In American English the pronunciation is closer to "boo-ee."

Several different buoys at a storage depot.

A buoy used as turn marker for sailing races.

Old iron buoys, most likely for mooring.

Children playing on a buoy in the Volga

A buoy beached at Sebastian Inlet State Park.

Emergency buoy of the Swedish submarine Nordkaparen

Gas buoy stranded on land after 1915 Galveston Hurricane, near Texas City, Texas

Starboard lateral Buoy (Lateral Mark - System B - IALA ) as Channel Marker Buoy at "Río de la Plata" river, Buenos Aires, Argentina