To be, or not to be
 

Seen at sea. Talking to a marine engineer and he claims the only sure
way to be seen is to have an AIS transmitter. He claims you will
definitely be noticed whereas radar is totally dependent on the person
on watch.
Gordon

To be, or not to be
 

On Sep 1, 8:20 pm, Gordon wrote:
Seen at sea. Talking to a marine engineer and he claims the only sure
way to be seen is to have an AIS transmitter. He claims you will
definitely be noticed whereas radar is totally dependent on the person
on watch.
Gordon

I think the AIS is dependent on someone looking at it as well.
Granted, the added equipment should help. But if it can happen, it
will happen. Don't rely on "the other guy", stay out of the way of
commercial traffic.

John

To be, or not to be
 

On Sep 4, 11:57 pm, Capt John wrote:
On Sep 1, 8:20 pm, Gordon wrote:

Seen at sea. Talking to a marine engineer and he claims the only sure
way to be seen is to have an AIS transmitter. He claims you will
definitely be noticed whereas radar is totally dependent on the person
on watch.
Gordon

I think the AIS is dependent on someone looking at it as well.
Granted, the added equipment should help. But if it can happen, it
will happen. Don't rely on "the other guy", stay out of the way of
commercial traffic.

John

In the Indian Ocean we passed about 100 ships a day. We have an AIS
receiver so we knew what THEY were doing. Problem was they did not
know what we were doing. Their radar did not pick us us (radar
reflector fitted). Will be going for the transmitter soon.
Tony