sjtindale
New Member
I am a student at the University of Plymouth conducting research into the effects that AIS B will have on collision avoidance. I am asking both leisure users and professional mariners their opinion on AIS as a system and its uses.
Please follow the link to answer a short questionnaire on AIS
AIS Questionnaire
A little about myself...
I have been sailing dinghies and yachts most of my life and enjoy every minute of it. I currently study Marine Studies (Merchant Shipping) and have 13 months of sea time as a cadet on Merchant vessels. I was very impressed with AIS when I started using it on my first ship in 2006 therefore decided to do dissertation on it. I believe that the increased visibility of small craft that AIS will present to ships is spectacular.
I have an account of coming upon a 40ft yacht with AIS off the coast of the US and the visibilities that I was able to see them on each of the navigation systems that we had onboard. If anyone is interested I can look up the distances that we were able to observe them at.
Well thank you for reading my post and please ask if you have any questions.
Please follow the link to answer a short questionnaire on AIS
AIS Questionnaire
A little about myself...
I have been sailing dinghies and yachts most of my life and enjoy every minute of it. I currently study Marine Studies (Merchant Shipping) and have 13 months of sea time as a cadet on Merchant vessels. I was very impressed with AIS when I started using it on my first ship in 2006 therefore decided to do dissertation on it. I believe that the increased visibility of small craft that AIS will present to ships is spectacular.
I have an account of coming upon a 40ft yacht with AIS off the coast of the US and the visibilities that I was able to see them on each of the navigation systems that we had onboard. If anyone is interested I can look up the distances that we were able to observe them at.
Well thank you for reading my post and please ask if you have any questions.
