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• AIS survey...
  • Loose Pointer has an AS transponder and loves it
  • We have both on our new boat,
    • Chris, Look at.....
  • No
  • Yes, both, a Simrad AI50 ...
  • Yep, both. I want to see and be seen.
  • Type B (basic two-way)
  • Putting on a Vesper 850 Watchmate transceiver
    • We love ours, Max
      • Love my Vesper too!
      • Charlie ... how's the Cinco de Mayo party at the SC Yacht Club ? Cheers, John
        • No show today, Kentucky Derby party yesterday
          • Maybe the prop is slipping on the rubber hub ?
            • That's what it sounds like
              • Bingo Max, Paul, thanks
                • Glad to hear it, Charlie
                  • Yeah, Iain independently got similar advice and
  • I haven't yet. If I sailed in more commercial traffic, I probably would.
  • Yes. *** I received for many years then
  • Yes - AIS-B transceiver
    • You probably bother them..
      • Yes! Last year coming from Buzzards Bay, NE of Block Island
  • No.
  • We just have a reciever ...and that's the way I like it.
  • No
  • Reciever only...
  • Both, all Garmin, displays on the plotter
  • Just a very basic receive capability, built into my Standard Horizon VHF... A marvelous tool...
    • AIS
      • Yes, and some of the big boys are no doubt filtering out Class B...
        • Probably so
    • Jon, that concern doesn't hold water, IMHO
      • I do have to turn off all alarms in NY Harbor
      • It's easy to argue both sides with intelligent reasoning.
      • There are some distinctions
        • AIS delay
          • There isn't much delay for a Class A unit.
          • Depends on speed and type, etc
  • Best gear we ever invested in
  • Yes, both, better than radar
    • I disagree
      • I've got both, too