Hello All,
I came through this post
https://www.facebook.com/groups/461762734603032/user/100006372151496

The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) HF Radio Service Net, FCC Call Sign KPK, is pleased to announce a new service. We have always taken Float Plans of vessels making offshore passages, and tracked them using the HF Radio and/or a satellite GPS tracker such as a Garmin In Reach or Iridium Go.

We now have secured the capability to receive AIS signals from the MarineTraffic satellite feed. This essentially gives us the ability to track any vessel transmitting an AIS signal from most anywhere in the world.

Could OCC be interested in getting the same type of capabilities (access to Sat-AIS data), so that Members' boat positions via Sat-AIS become available when outside coastal stations range?

regards
roberto

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Daria Blackwell - 13 Mar 2021

Last year we tracked more than 100 vessels across the Atlantic using PredictWind's new tracker. George Curtis will be exploring using the service for our expanded cruising resources. It means setting up a second fleet but we have a lot of experience documented already on how to do it. Stay tuned. 


 

How does this work Daria? Presumably it relies on all boats using Predict Wind? Do they have to manually input and report position data?

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John Franklin - 15 Mar 2021

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Daria Blackwell - 13 Mar 2021

Last year we tracked more than 100 vessels across the Atlantic using PredictWind's new tracker. George Curtis will be exploring using the service for our expanded cruising resources. It means setting up a second fleet but we have a lot of experience documented already on how to do it. Stay tuned. 


 

How does this work Daria? Presumably it relies on all boats using Predict Wind? Do they have to manually input and report position data?

Hi John,

One does not need a subscription if they set it up for us as an organisation, which they did last year for free. You only get use of the tracker, not the very effective weather routing, without a subscription. The feed is automatic from a number of different sources, including IridiumGo, and can be done via SMS or email via SAT phone once set up properly. Alex wrote it all up after the Atlantic Crossing last year.  He also maintained extensive 'how to' notes on each system.  https://liveicomgrshot.blob.core.windows.net/occfiles/ffarticles/70_alex%20blackwell%20ff.pdf

Daria

Vice Commodore, OCC