Meye5...what are the best, or what systems
would you look at 1st for a 38ft sailboat?

i guess i would be looking for a nice radar/alarm
scan or feature.....


"2-Radar with an alarm is a must if your in
shipping lanes Headed to the Bahamas at
night on a well travelled route? A watch and
radar, a must."

Denis...what channel, 16?...or do you
set up a scan.....oh yea, and i would
add the the list..

1) submarines
2) sleeping whales
3) abandon shipping container
(80% submrged)......


"When I enter such a zone I feel safer to
broadcast my course and position. Other
thing that you can not plan for is submarines
and sleeping whales."

Len.....oh, i see now...never mind
my "pre mature" question...it is web
based...looks cool, i set up a free acct..
i will check into this....thanx....




"When you want to see it work:
www.aislive.com Go to the public
site, register for free and see the
situation one hour old."...

Len...yea, i got her "dialed in" and working
now...that's cool that you can see names,
locations, radio call info....this info looks good
for the busy ports and shipping areas...

"When you want to see it work: www.aislive.com "

Len wrote:
Apart from 3 hr watches, intense lookout every 15 minutes, radar on
standby we use AIS. For no more than 200 euro's I bought an
AIS-receiver, a dedicated vhf-antenna and I plugged it in a serial
port on my 1 amp computer.

That's a great idea. What was the name and make of the AIS receiver you
bought?

TIA,

Jack

what is "AIS" ?

marine / vhf transmissions..?

"what is "AIS" ? "

or, is it a proprity (sp?) freq or
system the "web page" owns??

thanx !!

Apart from 3 hr watches, intense lookout every 15 minutes, radar on
standby we use AIS. For no more than 200 euro's I bought an
AIS-receiver, a dedicated vhf-antenna and I plugged it in a serial
port on my 1 amp computer. Now the lcd-screen in my cockpit displays
the position and course (and more) of all broadcasting commercial
vessels over 300 tonnes in the cockpit.

I'm not saying it's all you need and when used improperly it's even
unsafe I guess but I am very glad to have it.
Of every transmitting vessel in a range of 30 miles I see position,
course, speed, name and MMSI-number so I won't have to call for "the
freighter on my starboard about two mile distance" but I use the
right name or even dsc to the right number.
I will keep looking out for fishermen, other yachts etc though...

When you want to see it work: www.aislive.com
Go to the public site, register for free and see the situation one
hour old.

Len
S/v Present


On 17 Oct 2005 11:57:15 -0700, "~^ beancounter ~^"
wrote:

What are some opinions and methods sailors are
utilizing these days, in open ocean/offshore
anti collision measures? Are folks/sailors using
good radar systems with alarms (if so what brands)
or just post and conduct regular watches, utilize
radar reflectors, etc? ... Ween i say "open ocean/off
shore" i mean crossing oceans, 20-30 days of straight
sailing, etc...


thanx...

In article .com,
"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

What are some opinions and methods sailors are
utilizing these days, in open ocean/offshore
anti collision measures? Are folks/sailors using
good radar systems with alarms (if so what brands)
or just post and conduct regular watches, utilize
radar reflectors, etc? ... Ween i say "open ocean/off
shore" i mean crossing oceans, 20-30 days of straight
sailing, etc...


thanx...


That's what AIS is good for......

Me

In article .com,
"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

Lennn...when you say "broadcasting",
what freq or wave are they brodcasting on...
the "water/marine vhf channels", say 16 or 13 or
whatever ?... thanx....


"broadcasting commercial
vessels over 300 tonnes"


AIS works on an Unsed VHF Marine Duplex Receive Channel, that I can't
remember at the moment, in simplex mode. It is a Transponder type
service, that transmits a pile of operational data about the ship,
and receives all the data from other ships within VHF Range (Approx.
90 Miles on the High Seas) There are a lot of monitor receivers
setup on Internet, that cover many of the major shipping routes
worldwide, that can be displayed in real time.


Me