Wave-quelling float

A wave-quelling float for marker lines extending across the surface of a body of water comprising a supporting body of lightweight plastic material;

• the float body comprising a hub and a web portion extending radially of and circumferentially about the hub;
• a central passage through the hub for reception of a float-tethering marking line;
• a plurality of float supports in the body, arranged radially about the hub a plurality of buoyant members carried by the float supports, and the float supports and buoyant members being disposed at regular intervals about the hub in a manner to float the body such that at least one-half the body is above the water with the float balanced for free rotation in the water about a float-tethering line;
• and a plurality of wave-quelling vanes extending laterally from the web in radial alignment with the float supports on at least one side thereof;
• the vanes being spaced and shaped to receive surface surges and waves on the body of water, absorb the impact thereof as rotation of the float, and thereby quell them.

A wave-quelling float for marker lines extending across the surface of a body of water comprising a supporting body of lightweight plastic material;

• the float body comprising a hub and a web portion extending radially of and circumferentially about the hub;
• a central passage through the hub for reception of a float-tethering marking line;
• a plurality of air chambers in the body disposed at regular intervals about the hub in a manner to float the body such that at least one-half the body is above the water with the float balanced for free rotation in the water about a float-tethering line extending through the passage in the hub;
• the air chambers extending through the body and having open ends and end caps closing off the open ends;
• and a plurality of wave-quelling vanes extending laterally from the web on at least one side thereof;
• the vanes being spaced and shaped to receive surface surges and waves on the body of water, absorb the impact thereof as rotation of the float, and thereby quell them.