FootballFan
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I have AIS which transmits our boat.
Recently @carterchapman were discussing why sometimes he can see us, other times not. Resolved that issue. I have what I call the "old" radio and the "new" radio on the helm. New radio is always on - only turn on the old radio when I want/need a second radio. AIS is tied to the old radio. Now I understand to always turn the old radio on.
In the process I was on my iPad trying to track our boat. Discovered when I searched on the boat, found the description of the boat - there were photographs (3) of the boat. I was shocked, I had never uploaded pics of the boat - how did they get there?
Digging a bit - determined the pics were taken south side of Venice, FL in the ICW. It is us, zoom in, wife is running the helm, I am walking around aimlessly without any purpose on the flybridge. It is us.
Are there people out there who take photographs of boats and submit to the AIS apps and websites????
Has anyone else experienced this?
BTW - I thought they were very good pictures of our boat - no complaints.
Recently @carterchapman were discussing why sometimes he can see us, other times not. Resolved that issue. I have what I call the "old" radio and the "new" radio on the helm. New radio is always on - only turn on the old radio when I want/need a second radio. AIS is tied to the old radio. Now I understand to always turn the old radio on.
In the process I was on my iPad trying to track our boat. Discovered when I searched on the boat, found the description of the boat - there were photographs (3) of the boat. I was shocked, I had never uploaded pics of the boat - how did they get there?
Digging a bit - determined the pics were taken south side of Venice, FL in the ICW. It is us, zoom in, wife is running the helm, I am walking around aimlessly without any purpose on the flybridge. It is us.
Are there people out there who take photographs of boats and submit to the AIS apps and websites????
Has anyone else experienced this?
BTW - I thought they were very good pictures of our boat - no complaints.