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Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
- amanphoto
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Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
I boat mainly on Lake Ontario around the Rochester, NY area. There is not a lot of commercial traffic around here, well there is one Large ship that comes and goes out of here every month or so. I don't think that charter fishing boat broadcast AIS.
Currently on my boat, I have a small Garman 535 gps with no map detail downloaded for my area. It tells me my speed and where I've been - bread crumb lines. I also have depth gauge that tells only my depth. I have a GPS VHF radio (non AIS).
I brought this boat back from Ohio using my smart phone with Navionics app. Worked great but makes it hard to use my phone for other things. Not to mention it's on of the smaller screened smart phones.
My thoughts where to buy an older Ipad 4th Generation (with cellular has built in GPS). I was going to install a wifi sonar sender that will overlay depth and temp info onto my Navionics app running on the Ipad. (I was going with Wi-Fish or Sonar Phone).
My questions is do I need to add AIS to my system?
I plan on taking some trips across the lake to Canada and maybe down the lake to the Thousand Islands.
- Midnightsun
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
- waybomb
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1987 3697 Carver Mariner
1988 Cougar 46 Kevlar Vee offshore
1969 15' Glasspar / 1967 Johnson Electromatic 85
1996 Boston Whaler Rage 15 - Location: Saint Joseph,Mi
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
If you are on a budget buy a decent used radar. Then it doesn't matter if anybody has ais.
Fred
1969 Glaspar Avalon /1969 Johnson Electromatic 85
1987 Carver Mariner
1988 Cougar Kevlar 46' with triple blown 572 ci
1995 Boston Whaler Rage
Past - 1988 2807, 1989 4207 Aft
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
If your goal is to be more visible to the big guys, install a radar reflector. It'll increase the size of you as a target on their radar. Also a must if you travel at night.
- feeez
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
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- bud37
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
- AaHubb
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
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- amanphoto
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
- RaRa
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
- amanphoto
- First Mate
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Re: Do I need AIS - navigation upgrade
RaRa wrote:Source of the post The guys here turn it off so they can’t be followed to “hot spots”. Then they pop up on way back in. The cruise ships are class A or B, while I am a D. Just one more piece to the puzzle.
Good point! Never thought about that. Thanks.
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