AIS shows this warning pretty quick

[Martin_J]

AIS shows 'a really big hole'

Although Marine traffic is showing this as received by a shore based receiving station on Bornholm Island... I wonder where the real AIS AtoN is being transmitted from (over VHF) in order for vessels in the area to receive it..



News says vessels should keep 5 miles clear (although that could I guess have been added to the AIS AtoN name to allow any small yachts to at least see what it's about if they haven't got access to news).

 

[GHA]

... I wonder where the real AIS AtoN is being transmitted from (over VHF) in order for vessels in the area to receive it..

At a guess this one is closest >

 

[Bilgediver]

At a guess this one is closest >

 

[Bilgediver]

Probably transmitted from the nearby island Bornholm but including the position of the hazard so the icon will appear at the location. No doubt frequent Nav warnings on the radio including Navtex. aeriated water can seriously affect buoyancy as found out by a few oil rigs sitting over blow outs.

While Queen Elizabeth was being built at Rosyth she appeared on AIS one night proceeding up the M91 to Aberdeen. Some comedian playing in the electronics room .

 

[Martin_J]

I wish we'd had aerated water in the pool when I was doing my highboard diving lessons (many years ago)

 

[Bilgediver]

I wish we'd had aerated water in the pool when I was doing my highboard diving lessons (many years ago)

Bad idea. OK for drinking if non chlorinated but would advise wearing a hard out cos the brakes would fail.

 

[johnalison]

I've been through bubble traps in Dutch locks and was always disappointed at the total lack of drama, but the Danish gas hole could be interesting, especially if met in the night. I have sailed over that bit of water a few times but never seen much shipping at that point.

 

[Seven Spades]

That looks like a major hazard. Apart from the obvious risk of explosion and asphyxiation if you sailed over it you would suffer a loss of buoyancy.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Obviously Russian dirty tricks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that their naval excercises on the edge of the Continental Shelf off Southwest Ireland last February took place in order to cover up the placing of demolition charges on the undersea transatlantic cables pasing through that area.

 

[Seven Spades]

Unless it is the Ukrainians trying to stop Russia earning money by exporting gas. I think it is unlikely but it is possible.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Unless it is the Ukrainians trying to stop Russia earning money by exporting gas. I think it is unlikely but it is possible.

Nordstrem 1 has not shipped any gas since August although it is obviously still pressurised

 

[boomerangben]

It’s very odd that a relatively new pipeline which I believe was installed by a reputable western contractor would have not one, but three leaks. They would be trenched into the sea bed so not easy to get at for sabotage. I wonder what’s really going on.

 

[KevinV]

I'm really confused by this, I simply can't work out who benefits. Kremlin hardliners making doubly sure that Putin can't back down? Or anti-Putin elements taking away any negotiating ammunition?
Sorry, current affairs, I shall await the naughty step with equanimity

 

[Martin_J]

Thread purely stated because of the perfect use of an AtoN...

I was then intrigued by the depth in that area... Navionics Webapp strangely shows a blank in just that area...

 

[dolabriform]

I think that's something to do with the chart licensing from Denmark.

 

[Martin_J]

I think that's something to do with the chart licensing from Denmark.

Thanks... then I realised my own navionics cover from Iceland to the Med but not that area

 

[Rappey]

It's reported that nord stream one has two leaks and nord stream 2 has one leak.

 

[Martin_J]

That's a bit like the old football score to say ..

Fife 4 Forfar 5..

 

[Concerto]

A little more background information about the leaks.

Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Leaks Gas in Baltic Sea (gcaptain.com)
Europe Investigates 'Attacks' on Russian Gas Pipelines to Europe (gcaptain.com)

 

[Iliade]

Surely the easiest way to get a charge into the pipe would be from the inside, in both senses?