May I ask why you feel the need to mark the river for anyone. You don't own
it,
and you're not responsible to keep a channel deep enough for boats to
safely navigate past your house. If some one goes aground so be it.
Do large ships use the river. The depth of 2 ft to 8 inches may make a bit
of difference to some,
but down here in Florida, My flats boat goes in 8 inches. and so do jet
drives, canoes, kayaks
...it's not your problem, the river has been that way long before you ever
showed up,
and no you can't place markers in the river. Not legally anyhow...
Since you have moved to that location how many people rubbed the bottom
beside you or a friend
of yours? Also think about this... if the markers move and someone hits
something because
of your markers, nowYOU, have a problem... need more info.. stop in at
http://click1now.com for sal****er info.

"Tom G" wrote in message
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We live on the Gasconade River in Missouri. In front of our property,
the river is usually about 2'-3' deep. At times, it gets as low as 8"
or so. We'd like to find some cheap buoys to mark a "safe channel"
that boaters should take to avoid rocks and grass and such that become
a problem when the water is shallow. We thought about just using milk
jugs, but don't want to make the river look trashy. We'd like to find
a cheap floating buoy that we can mark a channel in the river with.
Any suggestions, or sites to check out?

Question 2: Do you think this would be appreciated, or would others
view it as "trashing up the river" and rip the buoys out/steal them?

I would imagine the proper buoys as designated by the Coast Guard would
work, but I don't think I personally would want to install them.
Imagine, you've put them out and someone still runs aground and there's
personal injury or large property damage. Since you took it upon yourself
to install them, I would imagine their lawyer would try to prove in court
that you erred in their location and thus you are personally liable for
damages. And would probably win or at the least would bankrupt you with
attorney fees. I have the same situation in front of my place. I watch
all Summer as boats run into a large sandbar across the river from my
place, sometimes at 40mph or better. I contacted the county Sheriff's
office several times as they have jurisdiction over river traffic.
They've ignored my emails but I would imagine that should someone,
someday, get injured there, they'll wish I didn't have a record of the
warnings to them.

Tom G