Banana buoy

A sausage buoy or banana buoy used in combination with a cylindrical buoy in an open water swimming event

noun - A banana buoy or sausage buoy is a distinctively marked or colored float in the shape of a banana or sausage, anchored in the water to mark the course for open water swimmers 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 banana buoys throughout the race course that the swimmers must go around to finish.

Origin

1425–75; late ME boye a float

Synonym

can, float

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 and shape
  
• 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