Who names buoys?

[Carduelis]

I've just been doing a bit of passage planning and my son looked over my shoulder and asked how buoys are named. I assume its Trinity House ...?

In particular, he noticed the Red Can "Walker" off Felixtowe.

He has been reading "We didn't mean to go to sea" by Arthur Ransome recently, and apparently such a buoy appears in the story. Since the childern in the book were named Walker, was it named after them? Surely not ...

 

[jwilson]

Well the underwater rocks that many buoys mark are often named after the first big ship that found them by hitting them.

 

[capt_courageous]

Their mummies! The Solent is full of wonderfully named buoys and marks. Jack in the Basket and Bag of Halfpennies. The Red can called Black Jack. Warner off Bembridge - the holiday resort there I guess. It seems a mixture of local place names and tradition.

 

[Woodlouse]

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Their mummies! The Solent is full of wonderfully named buoys and marks. Jack in the Basket and Bag of Halfpennies. The Red can called Black Jack. Warner off Bembridge - the holiday resort there I guess. It seems a mixture of local place names and tradition.

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Gimp Elbow up the Test is my favorite. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Superflid]

They sometimes name them to deliberately confuse you......

 

[Jamesuk]

Otherwise its companies, Raymarine, Sunsail, JP and Morgan. Racing buys they are.

 

[FullCircle]

The Crouch Harbour Authority renamed a buoy to the Ron Pipe, after the fine man who was responsible for the Crouch buoyage for many years.
I wouldnt mind betting his successor (Harry) gets a look in as well!

 

[2Tizwoz]

Whoever gives berth to them.

The Bell Buoy at Blyth was a bit confusing late last year. Things got a bit rough in the channel so it came ashore

They managed to put it back where it belongs in May however.