Marking buoys

What is a scanmarin bouy? Wouldn't you remove the bouy and sink the chain in the winter so a snowmobiler won't hit it going 100?

Rob, You really need to check out the local regulations regarding leaving it in over the winter. Bruce (Riley) is correct that normally buoys are sunk under water by shortening the line. We do it for our marker buoys on the ski jump after it's pulled for the winter.

If you do leave in on the surface for a snowmobiler to hit and get hurt, do you really what to put your name on it? Makes it pretty convenient for his attorney to get in "touch" with you!!!

Concrete - mark it with a sharpie and chisle it or a tool marker "vibra-pen".

Riley wrote: What is a scanmarin bouy? Wouldn't you remove the bouy and sink the chain in the winter so a snowmobiler won't hit it going 100?

He he. No, I live in Vancouver, BC, and our lakes in this region don't freeze in the winter. Snowmobilers head up north or to higher elevations to find tracks.

The photo is very similar to my buoy. I guess a sharpie it is, then? I have such poor handwriting... I probably won't recognize it.

So, I have this 360lb concrete block I poured in the back of my pickup. I think we will put it in shallow water close to the final location, tie it off short to the front loop or bow lifting ring, and tow it to the best spot, then lower.

What do you say? I know the lifting ring will support the entire boat, but I'm not sure about the bow loop on the underside.

Don't ask me how I'm going to get it from the pickup to the water - this thing is a monster.

79nautique wrote: over kill bye a mile a couple of cynder blocks would have done the trick

Would a couple of cinder blocks hold the boat against a strong wind? It sounds like he's using this as a mooring buoy.

I'm told this is the way and the weight, locally. This will be a permanent mooring and there are winds at this lake.

I would have just used a couple of concrete blocks, until I inquired locally.

The block could always be removed, albeit with more effort than a few blocks.

Sharpie's will fade after 1 year. Go to a livestock supply store and get a pen they use for marking ear tags for livestock.

put it on top of a truck inner tube and inflate, when you get out there cut a hole in the tube and let her sink(recover the tube, i wrote that because someone will remark about sinking the tube with it). who said tubes dont have a purpose

Hollywood wrote: Really hate to see people dropping such heavy objects in the lake w/o any intentions of ever removing it. There are more environmentally friendly ways to do this.

Wood,
I didn't know you were a tree hugger.

I make these weights that are about 30" in diameter and 3" thick with a single hook in the center. They weigh about 180lbs (that's 82 kilos Rob). They quickly sink into the bottom and will hold anything.

Steve

I stand corrected - I do have to remove the mooring buoy and chain for annual weed removal. Forgot that little detail...

Rob, Looks like you need to get one of these!!