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| Not our example but makes the point |
We made one crossing from Hamble to St Vaast along with a group from Flexisail in 2016 and we realised just how good it was to have AIS to help keep an eye on the "big stuff".
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| Neat Install by Hudson Marine behind the instrument panel |
I had worked out our Raymarine E120 is comparable with AIS so I asked local marine electronics suppliers Hudson Marine Electronics to do the job. Hudson are based at Mercury Marina and I could quite literally walk off the boat to go and see them.
We fitted the Raymarine AIS650 system along with a VHF splitter to make use of our existing antenna. A dedicated GPS is fitted for the AIS and Hudson have hidden this somewhere! Not had a good look yet.
By now I have made one journey up Southampton water with the AIS running and updating the display with other vessels location and heading/speed etc. It is really good!
The AIS650 transmits Grace's position too when the nav systems are turned on so you can see Grace here.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:4762701/ship_name:GRACE
