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Custom buoy
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A salmon egg buoy used in an open water swimming event in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, designed by Pedro Rego Monteiro of Effect Sport
noun - A salmon egg buoy is a distinctively marked or colored float in the shape, usually red, anchored in the water to mark the course for open water swimmer or triathletes. Turn buoys are directional in nature and must be passed on a specific side of the body as race instructions dictate.
There are four salmon egg buoys throughout the race course that are directional only.
Origin
1425–75; late ME boye a float
Synonym
can, float, turn buoy, guide buoy
Types of Turn Buoys
- Triangular pyramid buoy or tetrahedron buoy
- Cylindrical buoy (used either vertically or horizontally)
- Sausage buoy or banana buoy
- Spherical buoy
- Salmon egg buoy
- Custom buoy of a specific dimension, shape and color
- Rectangular buoy
External links
- Open Water Swimming Turn Buoys
- What Is Impeding In Open Water Swimming?
- Open Water Swimming
- Open Water Swimming Moves and Tactics
- Open Water Swimmers Toeing The Line
- Soft Or Hand, Left Or Right - Check It Out First
- Buoys Can Float
- Marathon Swimming
- Badges Of Honour In Open Water Swimming
- The Professor Is A GPS Genius With The Turn Buoys
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- How The Open Water World Turns
