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There are also aids provided by other governmental agencies and by non-governmental organizations. These private aids to navigation must be approved by the Coast Guard before they can be established. The Coast Guard uses the acronym "ATON" for both of these categories. (The term "navigational aid," as opposed to "aids to navigation," is used for such items as books, charts, and instruments.)

Most of these garden aids were developed in England, a country long involved with the problems of an aging population fanatically disposed to gardening, and people injured during the bombings of the Second World War. The Merrifield Tool Tree is placed in the center of the garden. There in full view you can hang your tools, gloves, hats, and twine. In fact, there is space for most everything and the tool tree saves endless trips on tired legs back and forth to the Garage or tool shed.

Minor aids, such as buoys and daybeacons, are normally identified by numbers, or occasionally by letters. More important aids have names, but these are not displayed on the aid. You must learn to recognize each type of aid to navigation and how to use them to make your boating safer and more enjoyable.