"Jetcap" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

Have you heard about AIS? It doesn't take any time for a vessel to
broadcast her position, name,speed and course. It's done by a little
box
that costs a couple of thousand dollars.


And requires the interrogating vessel to be within VHF range. AIS does
not transmit information beyond the range that your little VHF radio
does. Not all ships are fitted with, or required to be fitted with AIS
at this time.

AIS will not provide any shore based "agency" with information as to
whether a ship is or is not in any given location on the high seas.

AIS will not allow some yachtie agency to identify a ship on the high
seas, determine ownership or management, and then contact that ship.

Of course it will. AIS will broadcast the ship's name. Therefore, AIS will
make it possible to contact the ship on radio.



So before you start calling anyone "dense" you would be better off
learning a bit more about ships and how they operate.

Why? You are dense if you think that AIS will not make it easy to contact a
particular vessel.


You and Moron are
both in water way over your heads.

Rubbish.
You just feel that you are superior because you get paid for working on a
boat.

I bet that you drive a small (50 - 75 ft) commercial vessel in protected
waters. People like you tend to have a grossly exaggerated view of their
position in the "pecking order".

Do you expect yachts to get put of your way, when you want to pass them?



Regards


Donal
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