Anyone use AIS system?

[joakimhansson]

http://www.siitech.net/VTSLite/AView.aspx

[Brian]

Yes, and it's brilliant!

[JABS]

Have a look at this:

http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live/aissolent.html

[joakimhansson]

Anyone have it on a RIB.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by joakimhansson

Anyone have it on a RIB.

Brian does. See post #2 in this thread.

[Brian]

Yes.
And it is still brilliant!

[Richard B]

Brian,
I'm now slightly intrigued.....

I took your offer to "crawl all over" the new RIB at he weekend at face value, and didn't spot any hint of an AIS receiver... does is interface with the Raymarine gear?

[Brian]

Richard
The AIS is a receive only unit that is fitted "out of the way".
It interfaces with the Raymarine plotter.
You see black triangles on your plotter representing ships transmitting AIS information (they are significantly diferent to other displayed items) and you then hover your cursor over the target and it displays basic info.
You can then press a softkey marked "Display full AIS info" and the whole caboodle comes up as an overlay. Depending on what they are transmitting (and it does depend on what they want to show) you see:
name of vessel
ports leaving and destination
cargo
speed and direction
tonnage
etc etc
AIS is received via a second arial so it depends how far you can reach with that arial.
The receive-only unit is remarkably cheap. Well worth the extra.

[Jon Brooks]

I have AIS fitte.

We have a full class b tarnsponder fitted to the boat. We use the AIT250 from MES. In our ickle office we have the Easy AIS and Easy Split from Echo Pilot.

We use the system for two main reasons:-

1, so the we can see and be seen by all the commercial vessels when we are out and around the Goodwin Sands or anywhere.

2, anyone in the office can see where the boat is and or track it at anytime ( we are normally never out of AIS range of the office.

Both are interfaced into a plotter both Standard Horizon. Have to say works really well and on the back of it a good number of locals have now and or are fitting it.

I know there is all this "big brother" stuff but IMHO its a great add on safety feature and getting cheaper all the time.

Cheers

[rdash]

Yup. Simrad AIS50. I seldom leave the Solent/IOW area and have a healthy distrust of some of the convenience flagged box carriers. Pity is that one doesn't know if there is anyone on the bridge looking at their own display!
It's a good bit of kit marred by a screen that is too small for my ageing eyes and is sometimes not quite bright enough. If there's anything better next year I will fit it on next boat.

[Poly]

Originally Posted by rdash

Yup. Simrad AIS50. I seldom leave the Solent/IOW area and have a healthy distrust of some of the convenience flagged box carriers. Pity is that one doesn't know if there is anyone on the bridge looking at their own display!
It's a good bit of kit marred by a screen that is too small for my ageing eyes and is sometimes not quite bright enough. If there's anything better next year I will fit it on next boat.

As I understand it many large vessels don't have a user friendly display (radar style) for AIS information... so even if there is someone on the bridge he may not be getting the info you expect.

[jyasaki]

Don't a lot of the later Garmin chartplotters have AIS receive built in?


jky

[BogMonster]

Anybody using one of these which I have just found on MM:

http://www.mailspeedmarine.com/gps-r...or690891.bhtml

Can't find much info about it but it looks like a good idea!

[BruceB]

Its a pity that in common with most NASA gear, its not waterprrof and would be useless on an open RIB.
If it had been more than splashproof I would have had one myself.

[Jon Brooks]

Garmin, like most chartplotters these day's will take a feed from an AIS device and overlay that info on the chart. Garmin do not have AIS engines built in.

[MikeCC]

Originally Posted by BogMonster

Anybody using one of these which I have just found on MM:

http://www.mailspeedmarine.com/gps-r...or690891.bhtml

Can't find much info about it but it looks like a good idea!

Originally Posted by BruceB

Its a pity that in common with most NASA gear, its not waterprrof and would be useless on an open RIB.
If it had been more than splashproof I would have had one myself.

It's only the units in that style case that aren't waterproof (and it's a shame they aren't) - otherwise a useful unit. The yottie instruments are all waterproof though.

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by Jon Brooks

Garmin, like most chartplotters these day's will take a feed from an AIS device and overlay that info on the chart. Garmin do not have AIS engines built in.

Fair enough. I run Lowrance, so I was going on hearsay.

jky

[Phil]

an aid to safety; when crossing Biscay at night called up a boat on collision course to confirm he had seen us and would alter course

calling MMSI or by name as opposed to "ship on my starboard side lat ....."

[wavelength]

AIS is great downside is ya can run but ya cant hide.
Did a delivery from Holland to south west scotland a few weeks back and had a series of phone calls, when we were in telephone range, from mates watching AIS on the internet from Holland and the uk.
"Cant you see the island in front of you? Youre gonna hit it --no we are just going into IOW for lunch!"
"Its cracking along well that boat isnt it we have you doing 26 knots - yep thats what we have on the plotter ta"
Why have you stopped, have you broken down, you havent moved for half an hour - we are having a relaxing brew and a civilized lunch thank you!"
And finally from a certain ribnet member " Hey you lazy *** you are still tied up in that marina and its 8am " - the reply is not printable esp after a 4.30 am start the previous day and a 10pm finish!

[BruceB]

Is there such a beast similiar to the NASA stand alone unit but waterproof and suitable for mounting on an open console?