whistling-buoy

And meanwhile sounds the whistling-buoy to bid them come not near.

The Lighthouse and the Whistling-Buoy. 1997

All hours I hear the whistling-buoy across the long tides cry,

The Lighthouse and the Whistling-Buoy. 1997

While whistling-buoy and lighthouse keep their watch along the shore.

The Lighthouse and the Whistling-Buoy. 1997

Hence the whistling-buoy is used in roadsteads and the open sea, while the bell-buoy is preferred in harbors, rivers, and the like, where the sound-range needed is shorter, and smoother water usually obtains.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various

Like the whistling-buoy, the bell-buoy sounds the loudest when the sea is the roughest, but the bell-buoy is adapted to shoal water, where the whistling-buoy could not ride; and, if there is any motion to the sea, the bell-buoy will make some sound.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various

'We're Here' crawled in on half-flood, and the whistling-buoy moaned and mourned behind her.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

At last the Farallones looked over the ocean's edge to the north; then came the whistling-buoy, the Seal Rocks, the Heads, Point Reyes, the

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886

When Wilbur came on deck again he noted that the "Bertha Millner" had already left the whistling-buoy astern.

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886