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A red and white striped buoy with a single red ball.
Also known as: Landfall buoy, Fairway buoy, Mid-channel mark
A safe water mark has navigable water all around it and usually marks a landfall or the middle of a channel. Its vertical stripes distinguish it from every other mark in the system, all of which use horizontal bands.
Indicates navigable water all around the mark, commonly marking a landfall or a channel centreline.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Is the only mark in the IALA system painted in vertical stripes rather than horizontal bands, which makes it identifiable at a distance before its topmark can be seen.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
A spherical or pillar buoy in vertical stripes of two colours carrying one solid sphere at its top.