Ais

[Jono Garton]

if your intested in AIS take a look at this

www.aislive.com

it is cool

[jwalker]

Yet more 'Big Brother'.

[IanE]

Its telling me the Dublin Ferry tonight gets into Holyhead in September (I think!)

It's quite good but no sign of Porthdinllaen !!

[Jono Garton]

WHAT ABOUT RED JET 3 IN SOUTHAMPTON

ETA 31/12/9999 23:59:59 UTC

Speed 0.1 knots

Length 142 m

Guess a few teething problems

[ribraff]

......it's got to be an MFI delivery

[Jono Garton]

or a Pro Sport

(Sorry Jason)

[paul tilley]

nice to see some humour instead of nasties

[Jono Garton]

Originally Posted by paul tilley

nice to see some humour instead of nasties

Must of been a power cut in the South East

[stevetheboat]

Computers are for offices - Chartplotters are for boats

[badbaws]

Hi
I drive ships for a living and am fully aware of AIS for that reason.. it can be useful or a hazard.. as people use it for collision avoidance.. which is not really a good idea!!! Quite often you'll get a ship doing 24 knots syaing it's at anchor or moored.. The sets we carry onboard our ships are all manually inputted models so if you ahve been alongside for a month well you sometimes forget to update things!! Be aware warships carry the recieve only version so they know where and who you are.. if you carry it but you'll still be clueless as to who they are cutting you up!!
Also being govt ships... we don't fill any information in on the systems.. just our basic details not where we going or crew or anything.. you do get ships using it for collison avoidance.. I had a ship at 8 miles asking me to pass green to green.. the bugger woke me up!! I mean really I do the 12-4 watch and was having a lovely sleep the bridge jog looking out the window.. very good at barking when sees another ship...
Some people rely on the CPA and other data.. which is all GPS fed not actual water tracks so be aware they may be doing things based on the wrong info..