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Tim February 1st 07 09:01 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!


Calif Bill February 1st 07 10:13 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml

Follow everybody!

"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!




JimH February 1st 07 10:31 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!


Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)



Tim February 1st 07 10:39 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

JimH wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!


Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)


Very true, Jim.

But one thing was of interest to me was following around the S.S.
Gladiator. I had distant cousin (now deceased) who used to captian the
Gladiator in the early 80's


Don White February 1st 07 10:40 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!


Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)


It only showed one boat in Halifax... a Coast Guard ship.
Something wrong there.



Tim February 1st 07 10:41 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

JimH wrote:
Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)


Yeah, kind of boring after back surgery, eh??

LOL!


JimH February 1st 07 10:47 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!


Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)


Very true, Jim.

But one thing was of interest to me was following around the S.S.
Gladiator. I had distant cousin (now deceased) who used to captian the
Gladiator in the early 80's


That makes sense now.............for a moment I thought you needed some
constructive things to do with your free time. ;-)

BTW: I certainly have run out of things to do post
surgery.............almost like the movie Ground Hog Day......waking up and
reliving what you did yesterday........TV, internet, reading, TV, internet,
reading, TV, internet, reading................



JimH February 1st 07 10:50 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
about a year or so ago, I was reading in some of the rec.boats forums,
cruising, sailing, building etc. And someone had posted a link to
watching boats in the great lakes. it wasn't satilite imagine, but it
showed a rough map of the Great Lakes, and these little white dots,
and you could point your cursor over the dot and find out the name of
the boat , tugs especially,and whatch them move around the waters.

I've done some searching for that link, and have lost it, and haven't
been able to retrieve it again.

Anybody know what it is?

Thanks!


Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)


It only showed one boat in Halifax... a Coast Guard ship.
Something wrong there.


All your bases now belong to
us..................http://static.kdenews.org/mirrors/ma...p.net/base.swf




Tim February 1st 07 10:57 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 


JimH wrote:

BTW: I certainly have run out of things to do post
surgery.............almost like the movie Ground Hog Day......waking up and
reliving what you did yesterday........TV, internet, reading, TV, internet,
reading, TV, internet, reading................


Well, sooner or later you have to break that routine and take a
crap...don't you?

?:


Tim February 1st 07 11:00 PM

Following tug boats via your computer....
 

Tim wrote:
Tim, come on buddy...........watching paint dry is more exciting. ;-)


Very true, Jim.

But one thing was of interest to me was following around the S.S.
Gladiator. I had distant cousin (now deceased) who used to captian the
Gladiator in the early 80's


BTW, the "Gladdie" is a barge tow...



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