DATE: February 27, 2008 10:22:19 PST
What a great day to buoy!
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| On a bright, sunny day, the Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) out of Coos Bay, Ore., responded to a discrepancy on the Coos Bay Approach Light Whistle Buoy "K" about one nautical mile offshore.
The buoy was reported burning dim earlier last month by one of the Coos Bay pilots and had been on hold for a weather window to allow the technicians to get onto the buoy and service it. The ride out to the buoy was provided by a 25-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Coos Bay. Working on the buoy are fireman Patrick Brown and Seaman Garrett Peck. ANT Coos Bay has the primary responsibility for servicing and discrepancy response for 67 lights, 60 ranges, 18 unlit buoys, one lighted buoy, 25 day beacons, eight small boat warning signs and four lighthouses between the California border and Depoe Bay, Ore. - PA Staff Photos by Senior Chief Eric P. Smith, U.S. Coast Guard. |
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