Once you have picked up a boat by tracking her on the AIS page you can also add your own waypoints - double click on the vessel's current position and then select 'distance to', a yellow box then gives an ETA based on the speed she is currently steaming at on her last fix - thereby providing a pretty accurate idea as to when she might be heading in through the gaps.....
.....as in the Gary M heading through the gaps.
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Tuesday 15 December 2009
Calculating an ETA - another useful feature from the AIS page.
What's in a name - everything it seems!
Want to make a difference - our humble sardine gets a mention in this article on the power wrought through having a name change.
Illegal fishing at Newlyn
Pelagic fish and fishing east side of the Lizard
Using the Newlyn Harbour AIS page it is possible to see what sort of fishing activity there is around the coast of Cornwall. There are obviously some significant shoals of pelagic fish off the Lizard - three big freezer trawlers, the Ariadne, Helen Marie and Oceaan VII are working the grounds together today.
Full story from the Ocean Spray's Wayne Evans.
Man overboard on the Ocean Spray, this story appeared in the Daily Mail and with it a few coments that touched on the politics of the fishing industry. What price the pollack the boat landed yesterday.
Scillys Steamship link, sentiment or sense? - the Battle for Battery Rocks
The proposed changes at Penzance Harbour that currently accommodates the IOS ferry link is now under threat. The Guardian published full account of the dilemma Penzance faces.
Last night the plans were rejected by Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee in a packed meeting in St John’s Hall in Penzance. Of greatest concern to the residents of Penzance are threats by the Steamship Company to up sticks and take the Scillonian (or its planned replacement) to Falmouth Harbour. Anyone who knows the area nautically speaking doubts the reality of this - the journey would be almost twice the distance and involve a trip round the Lizard - not the best place to be in inclement weather!
Last night the plans were rejected by Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee in a packed meeting in St John’s Hall in Penzance. Of greatest concern to the residents of Penzance are threats by the Steamship Company to up sticks and take the Scillonian (or its planned replacement) to Falmouth Harbour. Anyone who knows the area nautically speaking doubts the reality of this - the journey would be almost twice the distance and involve a trip round the Lizard - not the best place to be in inclement weather!
Monday 14 December 2009
Huge mid water Dane off to the South'ard
The huge Danish pelagic boat Cattleya is tracked here on the live AIS page as she traverses the grounds south side of the Wolf Rock.
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