energy referring to fig3 the upper portion of the mooring beacon 18 of fig2 is shown in which at the top of the shaft 30 is a waterproof housing 34 which carries a receiver for receiving coded signals from a wireless transmitter device housing 34 also includes switching circuits for connecting the power from the battery package 42 carried at the base of the shaft 30 to both the receiver within housing 34 and also to the high intensity light source 36 which is illustrated as a flash lamp strobe the receiver may be a conventional receiver such as found in garage door openers along with conventional switches normally used in such applications it be appreciated that the housing and all components are made waterproof so that they will operate at least for a season and longer the components may be hermetically sealed referring back to fig2 in one embodiment the shaft 30 and attendant hardware performs the function of a mooring stick which is attached to a mooring ball by a chain after the boater identifies his mooring and comes up to it he may pluck the mooring stick out of the water and secure the mooring ball to a bow cleat it.