The nice part of AIS, is you know WHO to call on the radio, instead of “The boat on my starboard bow”.
[QUOTE=Tom_Tugboat;124447]The nice part of AIS, is you know WHO to call on the radio, instead of “The boat on my starboard bow”.[/QUOTE]
That’s about all I use it for.
AIS shows where you WERE, not where you ARE.
Why dont you use your eyes that way incase the A.I.S. (Automated Idiot System) fails you still won’t hit the blow boater in front of you? Back in the day we didn’t have that. What the hell are they teaching you at that place?
Working on a river I use the passing predictor point to see where I will meet an AIS target and adjust accordingly.
This is what I see for CPA. Do you have something similar?
is that time zero? We have Rosé Point and it does the same as what I see in the picture. It puts a line across the river and give you info like name, speed,time till meeting, and when in narrow channels comes in very handy.
AIS is nothing more than a situation awareness tool. Its not a standalone collision avoidance tool, end of conversation. I like CPA/range/bearing to asess meeting and passing like Signalred said. Remember, a vessel is a bad power supply or antenna away from barely being visible, if not invisible on AIS.
The program is OPENCPN. I really like it. http://opencpn.org/ocpn/
As for <Remember, a vessel is a bad power supply or antenna away from barely being visible, if not invisible on AIS>, I was passed close aboard by a car carrier (clear wx, no danger) and my display remained blank. I called them on 13 to see what was going on and the reply was “That thing is broke again” :eek:
[QUOTE=yacht_sailor;124737]The program is OPENCPN. I really like it. http://opencpn.org/ocpn/
As for <Remember, a vessel is a bad power supply or antenna away from barely being visible, if not invisible on AIS>, I was passed close aboard by a car carrier (clear wx, no danger) and my display remained blank. I called them on 13 to see what was going on and the reply was “That thing is broke again” :eek:[/QUOTE]
Yes, that is why we get irritated when single-handed blowboaters insist receive-only AIS makes it ok for them to sleep underway.
[QUOTE=z-drive;124805]Yes, that is why we get irritated when single-handed blowboaters insist receive-only AIS makes it ok for them to sleep underway.[/QUOTE]
Single handing is illegal isnt it…failing to keep a proper watch??
Youll never get charged if you run one of them down
Tell it to a judge! While they may have some of the fault, they will always throw the big bad …insert 2 of the following (tattoo’d, smoking, russian, bearded, old, fat, arrogant) captain in jail before blaming the innocent sailboater!
Just FYI - a significant number of sailors think it is nuts to go below, take a nap, and hope no one hits you. A common complaint among sailors is that commercial shipping runs under autopilot with no one watching anything but an occasional glane at an S-Band radar set to 24 or 48 miles with the sea clutter turned up :eek:
Doing the same thing kind of undermines that complaint :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=z-drive;124805]Yes, that is why we get irritated when single-handed blowboaters insist receive-only AIS makes it ok for them to sleep underway.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=“yacht_sailor;124878”]Just FYI - a significant number of sailors think it is nuts to go below, take a nap, and hope no one hits you. A common complaint among sailors is that commercial shipping runs under autopilot with no one watching anything but an occasional glane at an S-Band radar set to 24 or 48 miles with the sea clutter turned up :eek:
Doing the same thing kind of undermines that complaint :rolleyes:
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A significant number of yachties are very mistaken
I am sure. It is just funny to complain no one looks out for you and then go below and take a nap with no lookout :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=cajuntugster;124879]A significant number of yachties are very mistaken[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=yacht_sailor;124878]Just FYI - a significant number of sailors think it is nuts to go below, take a nap, and hope no one hits you. A common complaint among sailors is that commercial shipping runs under autopilot with no one watching anything but an occasional glane at an S-Band radar set to 24 or 48 miles with the sea clutter turned up :eek:
Doing the same thing kind of undermines that complaint :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
well yes but they are bigger
as long as you dont get caught saying ‘did you see something’ on the VDR your home free