The buoy boys

Capital (Annapolis) | August 1, 2009| | Copyright

Across the state, more than 4,000 white buoys bob in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, rivers and creeks.

They warn boaters of speed limits and no wake zones, designate oystering and clamming areas and alert people to artificial underwater reefs.

And each year, every single one of those buoys needs to be hoisted out of the water and replaced.

That task falls to state employees like Capt. Jeff Lill and his crew aboard the M/V John C. Widener.

From March through August, the Widener crew spends nearly every workday replacing buoys over and over and over again. In the colder months, they perform ...

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