can buoy
A cylindrical buoy painted green and having an odd number used in the United States as a navigational aid. At night they may have a green light.
can buoy
Cylindrical navigation buoy with a flat top, generally green in color.
capsize
To flip a boat over.
Can or Can Buoy:
A cylindrical navigation buoy painted green and having an odd number used in the United States as a navigational aid. At night they may have a green light.
A can buoy--green, odd-numbered, and flat at the top.
A lighted buoy--displays a flashing or fixed white, red, or green light.
A sound buoy--has a whistle, a single-toned bell (bell buoy), or a multitoned gong (gong buoy).
A Can Buoy marks the RIGHT side of the channel leaving a harbor. It will be GREEN and have odd numbers on it.
2. Green Daymarkers are often used in shallow areas for the same purpose.
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Buoys are often named according to shape, as the can buoy, which is a metal cylinder; the nun buoy, which has the shape of a truncated cone; and the spar buoy, which is an upright post, or spar, anchored at one end.
A red and white vertically striped buoy used in the United States to mark the middle of a channel. Midchannel buoys may be passed by on either side. Also see nun and can buoys.
Midships
A place on a boat where its beam is the widest.
 See also: Channel, Boat, Chart, Course, Navigation
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