Big Red Navigation Buoy Washes Ashore in Florida After Breaking Loose off South Carolina
Red buoy No. 8, which is about 21 feet tall and weighs 13,000 pounds, washed ashore on New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard) At a Glance The 13,000-pound buoy normally marks a navigation channel north of Hilton Head Island.It washed up on New Smyrna Beach last Friday.It will be loaded on a truck and returned to the South Carolina coast. When the Coast Guard checked after Hurricane Dorian, the big red buoy was where...