On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:41:37 -0500, Gogarty
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In article , åke says...

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Oh please! Does anybody sail for sailing's sake anymore? Or
has sailing become just another Facebook substitute?

"HEY LOOKIT MEEEEEE!!!!"

You object to expanding the experience? Got hemp? What's Facebook?

Check those sites I posted. You might learn a thing or too.


That is extremely doubtful as, you see, the illustrious Gregory
already knows everything there is to know about sailing. Learned all
about it reading sailing magazines :-(

--
Chers,

Bruce

On Jan 24, 11:18*am, Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:01:58 -0500, Gogarty
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:04:14 -0500, Gogarty
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:01:02 -0500, Gogarty
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Nice to see something about boats here.

Do you have an AIS transmitter?

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No, don't have an AIS receiver eiher, although I've thought of getting
one.

Check thhis out. They offer free AIS receivers.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/def...px?level0=100#

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Interesting. * It looks like they are trying to expand their network
of base/relay stations, not supply AIS receivers to boats. *The
receivers aren't all that expensive of course, and some of he new VHF
units have AIS built in, a trend which I expect to continue. *The
incremental cost to a *manufacturer is peanuts once the circuit boards
go into mass production. * The biggest advantage to having AIS
integral to your VHF is that the need for an additional antenna is
eliminated, and so is the need for an extra box to install. *I've
already got too many electronic gizmos on board.

Being boatless now (Sob! Weep!) I keep in touch through thoe AIS maps and
this:

http://nyharborwebcam.com/

The AIS maps allow you to build a fleet of vessels to keep in touch all
around the world. It seems as if every row boat in New York has an AIS
transmitter.

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That's a good web site, thanks.

Agreed. Very good site.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:37:11 -0500, Gogarty
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In my "fleet" I have all the cruise ships that use New York (I get an email
notice when any of them enters or leaves a port), a party boat from Flushing
Bay, Mystic Whaler up in Mystic and a 45 foot catamaran I have tracked from
mid-Atlantic to Venezuela. Queen Mary 2 was in New York a couple if weeks ago
but is now in the eastern Med. The harbor webcam is especially interesting.

It amuses me.

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I never get tired of watching the boats in NY Harbor. Back in the
80s I had an office on the 9th floor of 111 Wall Street with a great
view of the East River going out towards Governors Island. You never
knew what you'd see from one day to the next.