Oh buoy: Noisy navigation aid has people in Southern Harbour drove
Resident Brandon Carrnel says he can hear the noise through the walls of his home
Residents in Southern Harbour, on the Avalon Peninsula, want their new neighbour gone.
It's a large buoy that has been drifting up and down the coastline within earshot of homes and has been causing a bit of a disturbance.
A low, droning sound periodically pierces through the otherwise quiet cove.
"There are days when we get a bit of rain or get a lot of wind or something, you can feel it in your gut, like how loud it can get. You can't drown it out," said Brandon Carrnel, who says he can hear it through the walls of his home.
"It is ridiculous."
Carrnel said the buoy — which he described as "pretty big" — is obviously supposed to be somewhere else.
"It seems it got untangled or cut loose from its anchor and kind of floated on down to the harbour here," he said.
Carrnel said the buoy first floated into town about a month ago and it's been bothering residents ever since.
In an email to CBC Radio's The Broadcast, communications advisor Susan Keough confirmed the buoy belongs to the Canadian Coast Guard and is displaced — and that a fix is on the horizon.
"Mariners have been advised that the buoy is off position and not marking the intended hazard," she wrote Thursday. "Our vessels are currently delivering programs in other areas. However, addressing this issue is a priority for the Canadian Coast Guard and the buoy will be recovered as soon as a ship becomes available."
Carrnel said residents should not have to wait that long.
"Something needs to be done about this," he said. "The boats are in the water. I don't know why they can't come and get this one."
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With files from The Broadcast
