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Originally Posted by jrc
On the newer round plastic spars, the red one has a stripe.
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The older red buoys are striped do too. The only problem is that I can never remember whether it's the black or red that has the extra stripe. Frankly, I think that the red buoys should have a cone shaped top like read sea buoys so that they are easily recognized in low light conditions. This photo is a faded, old red buoy.
As for the ambiguous buoys, there will always be a problem when the buoy is southeast (or northwest) of a boating hazard. The buoy southeast of Treasure Island could be red because the bulk of the traffic passes to the south. However there are others: Southeast of Spindle Point, southeast of Ozone, southeast of Long Point, southeast of Sandy Island, light #3, etc, etc. Traffic passing these buoys in a north/south path should pass to the east (so the buoy should be black). Those passing on an east/west path should pass to the south (so the buoy should be red).
The same could be said for buoys northwest of boating hazards like light #1, #2, northwest Varney Point, #66, #49, the black buoy 100m west of light #71, and others.