Kees Verruijt wrote:
Dennis Pogson wrote:
nimbusgb wrote:
Following a thread on uk.rec.boats about pirates ......

All vessels over 200 tonne are supposed to carry AIS transmitters.
Does anyone know what the regulations are if you *want* to carry AIS
being under 200 tonnes? How does anyone police the use of the
system. It appears to me that there is no registration id of the
transmitting equipment and anyway that could be falsified.

Has anyone considered what would happen if someone was to start
transmitting false 'echoes'. The original idea was to masquerade as
a naval ship if threatened by pirates. It might at least make them
think twice if they thought there was a chance that someone with
bigger guns than them was nearby.

Ian

You are all working on the assumption that pirates use radar, AIS,
GPS to track their victims. Most of them just cruise around
aimlessly looking for a likely target. It's difficult to disguise a
35-foot cruising yacht as a navy frigate.

If your boat is big enough, and your pocket will stretch to it, try
an Apache attack helicopter, fully armed and ready to go. And don't
forget to dispense the chaff......................



Haha, at night we could try projecting a naval vessel onto the sails?
Gets us back to our favourite subject he how to power the projector
from the batteries :-)

Pirates in the Straits of Malacca don't use AIS, they use binoculars, it's
cheaper.