Bill Heyn points at his boat’s depth monitor and then out at the Connecticut River as the craft moves along. Twelve feet of water. Ten feet. Six feet. Two feet, he reads off the screen. We’re near the ...

On foggy days, the sound of the buoy helps guide boats to the entrance and some smaller boats, like kayaks or small aluminum fishing boats, may not have the advanced technology to find “virtual ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking at removing some of the buoys, replacing them with “virtual” navigational aids used with GPS, a system that has some boaters concerned about the proposed change.

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to remove nearly three dozen navigation buoys that serve as aids in Rhode Island's coastal waters warning boaters of rocky underwater reefs and channels where a ...

Lost buoy from Dry Tortugas National Park in Southwest Florida was found 4,000 miles away on the coast of ... It’s the second time this year a marker has drifted away from South Florida to ...

On foggy days, the sound of the buoy helps guide boats to the entrance and some smaller boats, like kayaks or small aluminum fishing boats, may not have the advanced technology to find “virtual” buoys ...