Hi Tim, as a 38 year veteran captain from south Louisiana and a licensed commercial rated aviator about the same amount years I can say your very close explaining the nature of our electronic we use on a daily basses on our boats. I stumbled on your channel a few days ago while looking at what other mariners do on there operations around the country and after looking at a few of your videos i find this one you made about electronic navigational equipment we have available to us. I like to further explain the transition from the aviation industry to the marine industry concerning those electronics and how useful they CAN BE in our operations on our vessels. First, in the aviation, we have a what’s called a transponder that we can put four numerical codes in so ATC can see us on there scopes. We still have this in aircraft today and now like AIS, we can see on our EFIS (electronic flight instrument systems) other aircraft just like we see on our AIS plotters. Back in the day, we didn’t have this capability and only ATC would have to call out traffic to us where to look. Now this system is called “TAS” (traffic avoidance system). Everything in the navigational area was all done by VOR’s, ADF’s and ILS (just think changing radio frequencies and lines (airways) from radio navigational stations to radio stations. Now, with EFIS, we see all our instruments in one screen with moving map including protector and ROT lines so you can see your situational awareness. Too much to explain typing. As for what we’re using at the company I work for, we use Rose Point and I use the damn thing for all navigational operations in sync with all other electronics in the wheelhouse. What I see on Rose Point is what I see when I’m flying though ForeFlight when I’m flying. So, using Rose Point on the boat pushing oil tows in the ditch from Florida to Texas is a must for me. Ok, I want to help you by explaining what you was trying to explain with that line that swings outside your swing and why it’s doing that. First, the line is picking up the “relative motion” of the boats motion (Hence, when your swinging the tow). Since your GPS receiver is mounted on the boat, it’s picking up the relative motion as the tow is swinging around it’s “pivot point” on the tow. This line will always move In till you stop the swing. This line will never be accurate till you neutralize your swing. I call it “swing management”. Big time helpful when your empty with allot of wind on you (or in my case, two to three empty 30’s strung out). Rose Point also has the ROT (rate of turn) that overlays with the relative motion line and very useful to make bends (again, specially on those windy days). I’ve been using Rose Point for the last 12 years and I have not lost a barge in the ICWW, ICWE but three times in the last 12 years because of the wind. Never lost it at all in bank auction nor meeting and over taking in very narrow canals. I’m not here trying to be arrogant or tut my own horn, but I developed a way to use Rose Point like I use my EFIS in my aircraft. You see, we aviators use “reference line navigation” weather is be through a GPS routing or VOR to VOR navigation. We always follow a line in the sky now via navigational screens on our EFIS. Well, what if we had a line to follow (for argument sake) in the ICWW (intercoastal water way from Florida to Brownsville, TX). Now if one can learn what those predictor lines (the RML & ROT) on there plotters really are there for and learn how to interpret what they see on the plotter, can it be done where the mariner can safely navigate through our waterways through practically in any kinda weather, traffic and such? What if the “reference line” was a “deep water” line where the operator will now see where the deepest water is and keep the boat and tow on that line? Can it be done?? Sure can and I use it religiously. What I’m describing is “reference line navigation” with Rose Point (or any other plotter that has a RML & ROT capabilities). I made a deep water line for the ICW from Panama, Florida to Corpus Christy, TX that took me damn near 8.5 years to make. It works and I can teach this only to the guys who want to really know how. I have a few videos using what I developed and using what I know from what I learned and use in the aviation side to the marine industry. But, I do get allot of static from the old school captains out here because they say you can’t trust the system or they just don’t know how to comprehend what they looking at (laughing). When I hear them put it down and say they can’t trust the system, I ask them if they fly back and forth from work. They say “yes”, so I go ahead and ask them if they ever landed through fog or rain etc... they say yes, but what theat has to do with anything we do out here? So I drop the bomb on them. I tell them “well, I am a aviator, and I can tell you we use NOW the same systems to fly from point to point and we now 90% of the time with AWSS-GPS systems. We call it in the aviation industry as “RNAV”. The only radio nav’s we got left are the VOR stations (which there starting to discontinue them over GPS now) and some airports still have there radio ILS systems, but most are fazing in RNAV ILS approaches. So, (I tell them), when your flying around the rain and fog and clouds and you pop out of the fog and 5 seconds later you touch down, those pilots you put your life with are using GPS RNAV ILS approaches through all that muck (laughing). Your need to start trusting the system I tell them. If you curious what I’m trying to explain, I have no problems discussing this in a phone conversation my friend. I’m just making it work like it works when I’m flying and it works what I developed.
Thank you for watching. Wow. I'm exhausted just reading that. LOL. I can not tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to comment and on such a cool topic too? I love when other professional mariners watch and comment on the channel. Welcome and please subscribe. I try to post new content every Tuesday. #CUOTO
AIS & ECDIS a great combination to have on board. We once sent nearly a fortnaight running in and out of the Thames in thick fog using the two on an aggregates dredger. I had my PEC for the Thames all the way up to Tower Brdige so we were not having to embark a pilot. Visibilty was so poor you couldn't see the bows of the ship and we had a forr'd bridge! In fact when we were alongside at Dagenham you couldn't see the end of our discharging boom. It just seemed never ending, you would run in and out of the fog up around Harwich. Anyway keep safe, sane and afloat over there Tim.
Interesting....great introduction, like how you put that together and explained it. An education. Little late picking this up...been fishing about 110 miles NW of John's Pass / Madeira Beach, FL...Florida Middle Grounds....out there four days...did good. What's interesting is there is a 100 year old sunken ship out here we fish over most times. This is a Tug Boat "Gwalia" that sank in 1925 while making from Mobile to Tampa.... had a gravel barge. Well I'm out, thanks for being there...stay on top.
Tim i love the videos. I have been around boats and boating near my whole life. Starting when i was around 10 years old and now have a boat myself. Every video of yours i watch i take something from it with me. Anyone who operates a boat whether commercial ot pleasure should watch your videos. Your never to old or knowledgeable to be a student. Live the videos buddy
I recently added a Garmin AIS 800 with a Shakespeare 5225-XT-AIS Galaxy AIS/VHF Antenna. It works great with my Garmin chartplotters via the NMEA 2000 interface. I recommend the 5225 antenna since it is tuned to ~159 MHz between VHF (~156 MHz) and AIS (~162 MHz) frequencies so that way a single antenna can be used for VHF and AIS with the built-in splitter in the Garmin AIS 800. Thanks for the videos Tim!
Really enjoy the ability to see the actual view and the chart view. Was impressed by the AIS refresh rate while watching "Matt" drive around your stern. Was wondering how well it would keep up with a fast maneuver. My dad was an electronics nerd on stuff like this, he'd be goggle eyed at this tech.
Nice video Capt.Tim, I have AIS on my boat because I am docked in Elizabeth port. You will have a hard time convincing most recreational boaters that this is a good idea because anyone will be able to see where they are fishing. I know a few charter captains who would never install it just for that reason. The sacred numbers will remain sacred in the name of safety....LOL
Thank you for watching Eric..Please keep in mind that your AIS App is only a receiver. You can see us if you are looking, but we can't see you. Be safe out there.
Another great video Capt, you do a great job explaining things. I see you are Gowanus Canal May 12 at 11:43 pm and three other company tugs. you and the crew stay safe and GOD bless you the crew and tug
I once got see a presentation given by USAF engineers on the commercial/civilian uses of GPS. Interestingly AIS was required first, while the aviation equivalent (ADS-B) only became mandatory for all aircraft at the beginning of this year.
Very interesting Tim about the radar and the 6 min lines. I never got into radar. We didn't need it on the LONGEST non navigable river in the USA. LOL The Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania, where I ran a 65' x 24' dinner, cruise sternwheeler. Thanks.
You are a fantastic person. Your video on solar power was really great. It answered many, many questions. Also your seafaring videos are really super. Your approach to life is really good
What a great video Tim. The combination of AIS with the radar is so full of information. I have had the privilege of helming one of our local pleasure cruisers on the river and was amazed the effect 250kV power lines which cross the river had on the radar; it gave the impression of a fair-sized headland sticking out into the river which isn't actually there! In the confines of the Hudson and East Rivers in NY I wonder if similar problems have to be considered.
Thank you for watching Norman, and please consider subscribing. Although I was not there, I am pretty confident that what you saw was a RACON beacon. They are placed on aids to navigations (Buoys) and bridges and other obstructions. You may have noticed a morse code pattern as well (A is a short then long) looking like a peninsula on radar. We pass under many high tension wires and the only thing we usually see are the radar returns of the round steal spheres that are to help aircraft see them. I try to post new content every Tuesday. Welcome aboard.
I got into amateur radio a few years ago because i needed a non physical hobby (Spine problems) and this video was very interesting and educational. I can easily use this along side my current setup as i live right on the coast and i can drive down a nearby long narrow spit to the end and be surrounded by sea. Love the videos. Take care and stay safe TimBatSea. 👍😊
Thank you for watching Jeff and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Thanks for your video, love them. Years back I mod a scanner to receive AIS connected to my laptop basically having a mobile AIS system handy when delivering yachts
Hi Tim .. Thanks so much again for sharing your expertise and insights on AIS. It's really great to get a Master's perspective on these topics. Your videos are a great diversion from Covid "Blursdays" Looking around NY harbor it interesting to see that AIS is also being deployed on stationary marks as Aids to Navigation. Stay safe and wash your hands!
Many thanks for showing the value of AIS. Perhaps TV stations in the major port cities should dedicate one of their many digital subchannels to broadcasting this data for both boaters and the general public.
WOW Tim! Thats a lot of content! Some good advice as always. Ill never forget the day i installed AIS to my first big vessel she is a 1922 biult 50 tonne 150 pax wooden ferry. She has no electronic nav aids (other than the light in the 150 year old brass binacle) . It didnt seem right pulgging in a usb and talking to the vessel on my laptop. A most undignafided way to talk to and old lady.
AIS is similar to TCAS on airplanes. (Traffic Collision Avoidance System). I’m happy I put it on my boat. It increases your Situational Awareness immensely! One thing to point out for those wanting to add it to their boat, most AIS systems require a second antenna. Garmin’s has a built in splitter so you can use your existing VHF antenna. Not having to run a second antenna wire all the way up the mast is a nice feature. Power boats should have less of an issue running a second antenna. But what do I know.... although I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night! Thanks for doing this video! I hope more recreational boaters start putting it on their boats as the prices come down!
Nice explanation Tim ,.. well done two way ais is the best for pleasure boating.. radar is for the pro. Trimble was the first how had a tool to make gps coordinates useful . It was a handheld device with a monochrome display depicting coordinates. They patted that.. gamin was on of the first to implement that to a chart and so others followed. Aviation used the Trimble technology in their planes and developed also a way to be integrated in other instruments. But for a long time Trimble did provide the tech only for the location data . Nowadays the most wicked devices have a GPS receiver.
It is very interesting to see how much you rely on your crew mate Reggie and the trust you have in him during these docking operations. If you ever get a second camera I would like to see what Reggie sees. Perhaps a helmet cam with no hands operation. I have seen them used by firefighters at working fire operations.
Thank you Bernie. Reggie is great, but he only works on my watch every other hitch. The two deckhands rotate watches every hitch. You don't see Chris as often only because he is shy. I have a head mount for a camera, but I don't think I can shoot what you are asking for due to what is and isn't tolerated by the big bosses.
Hi Tim.. I picked out a call sign!! Took about 20 seconds to find you on my phone AIS. I will not tell anyone. Stay safe and keep the vids coming love your style.
Very cool... I have the "Marine Traffic" app on my iPad and I did a search for the name you called in this video... and now I can see "you" in real time!
I have had an app on my phone for a little while now, the odd thing is there are two vessels displayed in NY Harbor with Cap’n Tim’s vessel name, same call sign but different MMSI numbers. Is that normal?
It’s almost certainly a flawed app. The MMSI numbers are 367419080 and 367776264. Both show the same callsign and IMO number, but the first is listed as “Tug/Towing” and the second as “Undefined”, and in different locations and status. Time to change apps, methinks. Anyway, thanks once more for teaching me so many new things!
Great video Tim! Chartplotters, and AIS have made such an improvement in safety. Back in the 70’s all I had on my own boat was a depth sounder, vhf radio and compass. I used to ask the commercial boats if they saw me on their radar. Even some ocean going tankers and container ships didn’t have much more. Maybe a couple radars, and a Loran C if they were lucky. Situational awareness is so much better now. I like the idea of using green for company vessels. Great idea.
That was a spectacular video! Next time would you please squeeze in the rudder and throttle settings. I love the AIS. My world was paper charts, pencils, and the surface radar. Going into Long Beach or San Diego in dense fog was not fun. Thanks again for the video.
"TEAMWORK"!!! That's what it's all about in your job! That was Awesome! And Reggie is the man! Matt was not too bad ether! Still would love to see an interview / video on him if he would be willing! Also when you were talking about steering, I tell people it's kinda like pushing a shopping cart. Thanks for sharing Captain Tim!
The hard landing in a flood was very cool. My recreation boat is outfitted with AIS transceiver and your description helps me to integrate it with my chart plotter and radar for more effective usefulness. Thank you.
Whoa wait a minute..... We don't say hard landing! Lol. (A hard landing means you hit the dock hard). Just kidding. I know what you meant. Thank you for watching. I am sure that integrating your AIS with you chart plotter and Radar will be something you will be happy you did for years to come. Stay safe out there.
This is a Master Class in ship handling and navigation! What a fantastic opportunity to have found your channel Tim! I felt like I was in a simulator...:) I feel like I owe you...I don't see links to a Patreon account.
Thank you so much for watching and wanting to support the channel. If you go-to patreon and search for TimBatSea, you will find me. I can't thank you enough!
Great job , so lucky to have a Master explain how such interesting things that happen everyday , but are unseen to the general public.Nice easy to understand delivery. Thank you
Great video as usual - I liked watching the docking more than the lesson... bad student!! lol. AIS is exactly what you said it was. When I get my dinky little boat - its gonna have it, no question
I still have that Furuno FA100 AIS that you show near the beginning. I don't look at the screen much, but it feeds all the targets to both the Furuno radar and my plotter. Furuno stuff just seems to work forever.
Back in 2011 I was working on a yacht, which was my first experience with ais. I have a couple pictures of the chart plotter while we were in the anchorage on the pacific side of the Panama Canal. It was crazy when you zoomed out enough to see both coasts, just a mass of overlapping triangles and predictor lines crossing every which way
Great vid Tim. The docking was very cool. I noticed you cannot see the barge on the plotter looks like the assist tug is pushing on nothing. Good work all. Ingat Kuya.
Great video, thanks for uploading! I wouldn't mind seeing more content similar to this; it is very interesting to see how you use the tools available to you to safely navigate what looks like very busy waterways.
If you are lucky enough to have radar on your pleasure boat, use it, especially in good, clear weather. The more you use it when you can visually interpret what it is showing by looking outside, the more comfortable you'll be with it when you really need to use it. And yes, AIS is at a price now where everyone should consider it. I've seen fishing boats as small as 20ft using it.
Great video, Tim! The three-screen presentation was very helpful -- watching the docking maneuver simultaneously on chartplotter and camera was cool. I don't have an AIS transceiver in my 22 ft. C-Dory yet, but I do monitor the Marine Traffic app on my iPad to keep track of surrounding vessels. Hopefully, I'll be able to install one soon. :-)
Thanks Tim I found the AIS discussion....excellent...I think you have a great voice, easy lessening.... but herring the engines be still my heart haha I use to drive tractor for many hours day and night on farm no radio no phone just you and the engine and what ever power takeoff was doing kept you company. DAD WOULD SAY NO SINGING hahaha. Love the engines on you tug thank ever so much so enjoyed your video. Byebye till next time...
Hi, Tim. Happy to hear a pro mariners' take on AIS. As an avid rec boater, a buddy and I occasionally argue over priority of technology. The reason a lot of rec boats end up with AIS-RX only is because the RX is relatively cheap, and getting integrated into a lot of fix-mount VHF units at marginal additional cost. The TX units, however, start at $600 new, and that's without a display. That said, with some savvy shopping, I should be able to put both AIS and radar on our 32'. A couple questions - what's all the chatter about the clutch? I'd expect the clutch would be automatically handled by your throttle levers. Secondly, how often do you get an assist like that? Was the escort required? Or were they just available?
Thank you for watching. Good move on getting a proper AIS on your boat! Clutch one and clutch two are commands given to the assist boat for minimal power on one or two engines. Assist boats are not required by the Coast Guard for general docking in NYC, however there are dock and or customers that require an assist coming into or out of their docks. Neither was the case in the video. It was my judgement that made the call that in order to do the job at that state of tide (current), and assist was nesisary.
Interesting that the chart plotter does not show the barge. It appears that you are too far from the dock. I never thought about that. Makes sense though. I guess there would have to be a setting to increase the size of your vessel. Thanks for posting. I learned some stuff as always.
Thank you for watching John. There is a feature that lets you change you ship icon to a push boat. But it requires your dimensions and adjusts it's size. That sounds good, right? Well if I did that in this video, when I was zoomed out to show other boats, my icon would have all but disappeared. So for the sake of the average viewer, I changed the ship icon to medium and it stays that size un till you over scale the chart.
Great content, as usual... I guess perhaps the next step would be a 'flight plan', where your neighbors know where you're trying to go. I found an app for my phone... evidently not very popular on the local lakes today!
We are required by our customers to do voyage plans and inter harbor transfer plans on every job we do. Also, AIS has a data line to display destination.
Marine electronics, I like the term navionics, navigation electronics. AIS, Radar, Depthsounder, Chartplotter, GPS, VHF/UHF/SSB, Satellite phone. The pure communication systems are a critically important part of these systems.
Tim if the wheel house is midships would the predictor line still move with the stern of the boat. I drove a Neal's 5ton yard crane mounts on rubber tyres. With the cad facing the forward in the direction of the chassis steering wheel it steered like a regular vehicle. So turn left to go left and the same with reverse. But if you slewed the cab & jib 180deg and drove the chassis in reverse you had to steer right to go left. Man that took some getting used to especially if you had to make a quick emergency turn. Thanks for the tips and explanation, stay safe.
Thank you for watching. If you don't have a heading sensor (gyro or fluxgate) you GPS has to guess your heading by movement. So in snaps a mark and the a second later or so, another. The it draws a line between the two and figures that is your heading. So if you started going 5 kts in reverse, to the gps without a heading sensor, it would just think you are traveling at 5 kts in a forward direction. So the predictor line or vector line will still point in the direction the boat is moving regardless of where the wheelhouse is of the way you are facing. CUOTO
Great video as always! Wasn't expecting the lady at the start. I'm guessing she's doing some of the translated captions? I'm a fan... Just glad the wife didn't walk by though! hahaha
Think of steering a big boat as driving a Forklift...!! It’s not turning from the Front. 17:10 But the rear end (Stern) is swinging out first, after that when the length of it is lined up the right way And the rudder is straightened out, Then you will go That way/heading...😱🤭😳. Brilliant, and I have run both😎👍✅
Very nice Capt Tim, now I really feel the need to upgrade my on board electronics, thank you for explaining how the systems all work together. I also enjoy the slight vibration of the camera as you maneuver into position. You do a great job.
This was one of the best (for me) videos of yours. The others are good and informative too. I know chart plotters and radar but this Great Lakes recreational sailor has never seen this practical use of integration before. (I gotta get me one of these). I get a lot from your other videos where it shows the engine and rudder controls which would have been nice to see on this video at the end to see what you are doing to control the tug and barge. One more question/suggestion (if possible) can you change your chart plotter vessel image to include the barge so that you/we can see just where the whole barge is on the chart?
Thank you for watching John. Most of the time, the ship icon on the plotter is bigger than the tug and tow together. There is one icon that is a pushboat with a barge, but it requires you to enter you length over all. So most of the time when you are running through the harbor and you have the plotter zoomed out to see other traffic, you can no longer see yourself. #CUOTO
@@TimBatSea That makes sense. The place that would have helped me visually was when your chart plotter was zoomed in at the time your assist tug was pushing on the barge's starboard bow in this episode. It looked like that tug was pushing nothing which we know was your barge. That might be hard for he program to make that switch to a larger icon. By the way, you may know this already that the term starboard comes from the old boats that used a steering board off the right quarter. Hence steering board became starboard. And because the steering board was on the right side they put the left side of the boat next to the the wharf or pier or in other words they put that side to the port.
I understand your comment on buying a AIS transceiver instead of a receiver only. But, I'm building a DIY centralize electronic ( raspberry Pi, GPS, Compass, AIS, etc) for my small sailboat, the overall project is around 100$ and the AIS "radio" is 35$. The cheapest AIS Transceiver (cheap China) is around 400$. There is no DIY AIS emitter for obvious reason...P.S. note that all price are in Canadian.
Thank you for watching. I am amazed and impressed with your efforts at wanting to build your own things. It is all personal choice, but I would think that someone as resourceful as you seem to be would out a higher value on your own life. I'm not saying that you will die without an AIS transceiver, but if you are going through all the trouble of building your dream, maybe you should protect it (and you) by more than double by spending just a bit more. What ever you do, be careful out there and stay safe.
If I watch on a AIS app or website, is it possible to see your boat? I’m like a kid when it comes to things like big boats, trains, planes, you name it I enjoy watching them all. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you for watching Barry. Yes, you can follow along with us. I am not supposed to mention our boat or company by name directly, but I'm sure you will figure it out.
Roughly the 24 minute mark after Mark was pushing at half go. You mentioned to go Clutch on two. Is this referring to the need to push on the starboard side, or is the numeric a position on the barge?
A possible video idea for you. This was an excellent presentation of seamanship and how tugs operate now I have a question or an idea. Without giving away exact numbers I would like to know financially how does the assist to get paid is this something is contracted ahead of time or how is this worked out. Actually I guess the question is how does the overall finance work out for a tug operation. Kind of broad strokes,
@@edshelden7590 please help me to be able to keep posting this kind of content by not using boat or company names on public forums. My employer is very tolerant but I'm sure there are limits that I hope not to find.
The orchestrated movements of a glassblowing team is called the dance. What you guys do reminds me of the dance. That was really cool, Capt.
Thank you very much for watching!
Hi Tim, as a 38 year veteran captain from south Louisiana and a licensed commercial rated aviator about the same amount years I can say your very close explaining the nature of our electronic we use on a daily basses on our boats. I stumbled on your channel a few days ago while looking at what other mariners do on there operations around the country and after looking at a few of your videos i find this one you made about electronic navigational equipment we have available to us. I like to further explain the transition from the aviation industry to the marine industry concerning those electronics and how useful they CAN BE in our operations on our vessels.
First, in the aviation, we have a what’s called a transponder that we can put four numerical codes in so ATC can see us on there scopes. We still have this in aircraft today and now like AIS, we can see on our EFIS (electronic flight instrument systems) other aircraft just like we see on our AIS plotters. Back in the day, we didn’t have this capability and only ATC would have to call out traffic to us where to look. Now this system is called “TAS” (traffic avoidance system). Everything in the navigational area was all done by VOR’s, ADF’s and ILS (just think changing radio frequencies and lines (airways) from radio navigational stations to radio stations. Now, with EFIS, we see all our instruments in one screen with moving map including protector and ROT lines so you can see your situational awareness. Too much to explain typing. As for what we’re using at the company I work for, we use Rose Point and I use the damn thing for all navigational operations in sync with all other electronics in the wheelhouse. What I see on Rose Point is what I see when I’m flying though ForeFlight when I’m flying. So, using Rose Point on the boat pushing oil tows in the ditch from Florida to Texas is a must for me. Ok, I want to help you by explaining what you was trying to explain with that line that swings outside your swing and why it’s doing that. First, the line is picking up the “relative motion” of the boats motion (Hence, when your swinging the tow). Since your GPS receiver is mounted on the boat, it’s picking up the relative motion as the tow is swinging around it’s “pivot point” on the tow. This line will always move In till you stop the swing. This line will never be accurate till you neutralize your swing. I call it “swing management”. Big time helpful when your empty with allot of wind on you (or in my case, two to three empty 30’s strung out). Rose Point also has the ROT (rate of turn) that overlays with the relative motion line and very useful to make bends (again, specially on those windy days). I’ve been using Rose Point for the last 12 years and I have not lost a barge in the ICWW, ICWE but three times in the last 12 years because of the wind. Never lost it at all in bank auction nor meeting and over taking in very narrow canals. I’m not here trying to be arrogant or tut my own horn, but I developed a way to use Rose Point like I use my EFIS in my aircraft. You see, we aviators use “reference line navigation” weather is be through a GPS routing or VOR to VOR navigation. We always follow a line in the sky now via navigational screens on our EFIS. Well, what if we had a line to follow (for argument sake) in the ICWW (intercoastal water way from Florida to Brownsville, TX). Now if one can learn what those predictor lines (the RML & ROT) on there plotters really are there for and learn how to interpret what they see on the plotter, can it be done where the mariner can safely navigate through our waterways through practically in any kinda weather, traffic and such? What if the “reference line” was a “deep water” line where the operator will now see where the deepest water is and keep the boat and tow on that line? Can it be done?? Sure can and I use it religiously. What I’m describing is “reference line navigation” with Rose Point (or any other plotter that has a RML & ROT capabilities). I made a deep water line for the ICW from Panama, Florida to Corpus Christy, TX that took me damn near 8.5 years to make. It works and I can teach this only to the guys who want to really know how. I have a few videos using what I developed and using what I know from what I learned and use in the aviation side to the marine industry. But, I do get allot of static from the old school captains out here because they say you can’t trust the system or they just don’t know how to comprehend what they looking at (laughing). When I hear them put it down and say they can’t trust the system, I ask them if they fly back and forth from work. They say “yes”, so I go ahead and ask them if they ever landed through fog or rain etc... they say yes, but what theat has to do with anything we do out here? So I drop the bomb on them. I tell them “well, I am a aviator, and I can tell you we use NOW the same systems to fly from point to point and we now 90% of the time with AWSS-GPS systems. We call it in the aviation industry as “RNAV”. The only radio nav’s we got left are the VOR stations (which there starting to discontinue them over GPS now) and some airports still have there radio ILS systems, but most are fazing in RNAV ILS approaches. So, (I tell them), when your flying around the rain and fog and clouds and you pop out of the fog and 5 seconds later you touch down, those pilots you put your life with are using GPS RNAV ILS approaches through all that muck (laughing). Your need to start trusting the system I tell them. If you curious what I’m trying to explain, I have no problems discussing this in a phone conversation my friend. I’m just making it work like it works when I’m flying and it works what I developed.
Thank you for watching. Wow. I'm exhausted just reading that. LOL. I can not tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to comment and on such a cool topic too? I love when other professional mariners watch and comment on the channel. Welcome and please subscribe. I try to post new content every Tuesday. #CUOTO
AIS & ECDIS a great combination to have on board. We once sent nearly a fortnaight running in and out of the Thames in thick fog using the two on an aggregates dredger. I had my PEC for the Thames all the way up to Tower Brdige so we were not having to embark a pilot. Visibilty was so poor you couldn't see the bows of the ship and we had a forr'd bridge! In fact when we were alongside at Dagenham you couldn't see the end of our discharging boom. It just seemed never ending, you would run in and out of the fog up around Harwich.
Anyway keep safe, sane and afloat over there Tim.
Thank you Ricky. Sounds like fine British weather! Be safe over there my brother.
Very helpful to have a commercial captains opinion regarding AIS on recreational vessels. Thank you.
Thank you very much for watching John.
Interesting....great introduction, like how you put that together and explained it. An education. Little late picking this up...been fishing about 110 miles NW of John's Pass / Madeira Beach, FL...Florida Middle Grounds....out there four days...did good. What's interesting is there is a 100 year old sunken ship out here we fish over most times. This is a Tug Boat "Gwalia" that sank in 1925 while making from Mobile to Tampa.... had a gravel barge. Well I'm out, thanks for being there...stay on top.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Be safe out there.
Tim i love the videos. I have been around boats and boating near my whole life. Starting when i was around 10 years old and now have a boat myself. Every video of yours i watch i take something from it with me. Anyone who operates a boat whether commercial ot pleasure should watch your videos. Your never to old or knowledgeable to be a student. Live the videos buddy
Thank you very much Troy. #CUOTO
I recently added a Garmin AIS 800 with a Shakespeare 5225-XT-AIS Galaxy AIS/VHF Antenna. It works great with my Garmin chartplotters via the NMEA 2000 interface. I recommend the 5225 antenna since it is tuned to ~159 MHz between VHF (~156 MHz) and AIS (~162 MHz) frequencies so that way a single antenna can be used for VHF and AIS with the built-in splitter in the Garmin AIS 800. Thanks for the videos Tim!
Thank you very much for watching and sharing!
Good job Tim. I think most of us watch because we want to learn something new and this fit the bill to a T. Stay safe!
Thank you very much!
Really enjoy the ability to see the actual view and the chart view. Was impressed by the AIS refresh rate while watching "Matt" drive around your stern. Was wondering how well it would keep up with a fast maneuver. My dad was an electronics nerd on stuff like this, he'd be goggle eyed at this tech.
The tracking is pretty fast, it keeps up with fast ferries doing 40+ knots
I think it has to do with the refresh rate of your GPS and AIS.
Thank you for watching!
Nice video Capt.Tim, I have AIS on my boat because I am docked in Elizabeth port. You will have a hard time convincing most recreational boaters that this is a good idea because anyone will be able to see where they are fishing. I know a few charter captains who would never install it just for that reason. The sacred numbers will remain sacred in the name of safety....LOL
Thank you for watching Bob. Yes, very true. But we can hope.
Great video and the AIS apps have been a game changer for those of us recreational boaters
Thank you for watching Eric..Please keep in mind that your AIS App is only a receiver. You can see us if you are looking, but we can't see you. Be safe out there.
Another great video Capt, you do a great job explaining things. I see you are Gowanus Canal May 12 at 11:43 pm and three other company tugs. you and the crew stay safe and GOD bless you the crew and tug
Thank you very much David.
I once got see a presentation given by USAF engineers on the commercial/civilian uses of GPS. Interestingly AIS was required first, while the aviation equivalent (ADS-B) only became mandatory for all aircraft at the beginning of this year.
Thank you for watching.
Great video, I felt like I was there. Good explanation of AIS as well. Thanks Tim!
Thank you for watching!
Very interesting Tim about the radar and the 6 min lines. I never got into radar. We didn't need it on the LONGEST non navigable river in the USA. LOL The Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania, where I ran a 65' x 24' dinner, cruise sternwheeler. Thanks.
Thank you for watching Matt.
You are a fantastic person. Your video on solar power was really great. It answered many, many questions. Also your seafaring videos are really super. Your approach to life is really good
Thank you very much for watching and for your kind words Spencer. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.
What a great video Tim. The combination of AIS with the radar is so full of information. I have had the privilege of helming one of our local pleasure cruisers on the river and was amazed the effect 250kV power lines which cross the river had on the radar; it gave the impression of a fair-sized headland sticking out into the river which isn't actually there! In the confines of the Hudson and East Rivers in NY I wonder if similar problems have to be considered.
Thank you for watching Norman, and please consider subscribing. Although I was not there, I am pretty confident that what you saw was a RACON beacon. They are placed on aids to navigations (Buoys) and bridges and other obstructions. You may have noticed a morse code pattern as well (A is a short then long) looking like a peninsula on radar. We pass under many high tension wires and the only thing we usually see are the radar returns of the round steal spheres that are to help aircraft see them. I try to post new content every Tuesday. Welcome aboard.
Thanks and already subcribed, Tim. Looking forward to Tuesday's next video
@@normanbaker9618 Thank you very much. It's up there now.
I got into amateur radio a few years ago because i needed a non physical hobby (Spine problems) and this video was very interesting and educational. I can easily use this along side my current setup as i live right on the coast and i can drive down a nearby long narrow spit to the end and be surrounded by sea. Love the videos. Take care and stay safe TimBatSea. 👍😊
Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I'm already subscribed and I have the "new upload" notification on. Great videos. 🙂👍
@@jezzamarkham5285 Thank you very much!
Thanks from AIS station 3617, Grand Island, New York, Upper Niagara River!
Thank you for watching Jeff and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
great video Tim I really enjoyed the docking part of the video. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching Michael!
Thanks for your video, love them. Years back I mod a scanner to receive AIS connected to my laptop basically having a mobile AIS system handy when delivering yachts
Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it.
Hi Tim .. Thanks so much again for sharing your expertise and insights on AIS. It's really great to get a Master's perspective on these topics. Your videos are a great diversion from Covid "Blursdays" Looking around NY harbor it interesting to see that AIS is also being deployed on stationary marks as Aids to Navigation. Stay safe and wash your hands!
Thank you very much for watching Warren.
Many thanks for showing the value of AIS. Perhaps TV stations in the major port cities should dedicate one of their many digital subchannels to broadcasting this data for both boaters and the general public.
Thank you for watching Michael. You should be able to receive all of that information on a free app for your phone. Search AIS
WOW Tim! Thats a lot of content! Some good advice as always. Ill never forget the day i installed AIS to my first big vessel she is a 1922 biult 50 tonne 150 pax wooden ferry. She has no electronic nav aids (other than the light in the 150 year old brass binacle) . It didnt seem right pulgging in a usb and talking to the vessel on my laptop. A most undignafided way to talk to and old lady.
Lol. That's great! Thank you for watching!
Thank you for this! You explain AIS so well.
Thank you very much Laura. CUOTO
It’s awesome how technology changes and makes things better. I have an AIS on my iPhone. It’s handy at times. It’s fun at times too
Thank you for watching John! Yes, it sure has made things better!
AIS is similar to TCAS on airplanes. (Traffic Collision Avoidance System). I’m happy I put it on my boat. It increases your Situational Awareness immensely! One thing to point out for those wanting to add it to their boat, most AIS systems require a second antenna. Garmin’s has a built in splitter so you can use your existing VHF antenna. Not having to run a second antenna wire all the way up the mast is a nice feature. Power boats should have less of an issue running a second antenna. But what do I know.... although I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night!
Thanks for doing this video! I hope more recreational boaters start putting it on their boats as the prices come down!
Thank you very much for supporting the channel through your patronage. Lol "stayed at a Holliday inn"
Haha imagine hearing “TCAS Alert” whilst on a boat
@@cr4zyincgames473 we do. It's five or more short blasts of the horn!
Nice explanation Tim ,.. well done two way ais is the best for pleasure boating.. radar is for the pro.
Trimble was the first how had a tool to make gps coordinates useful . It was a handheld device with a monochrome display depicting coordinates.
They patted that.. gamin was on of the first to implement that to a chart and so others followed.
Aviation used the Trimble technology in their planes and developed also a way to be integrated in other instruments.
But for a long time Trimble did provide the tech only for the location data .
Nowadays the most wicked devices have a GPS receiver.
Thank you for watching! I appreciate it very much!!
Nice maneuvering at the dock. I think more small craft need AIS transceivers also. Good information.
Thank you for watching Richard. With the price dropping, it only makes sense that more and more boats will have AIS.
Very good learning video, Tim!!
Thanks for showing all that glorious marine technology.. :)
Thank you for watching Mark.
Great stuff, Tim; very well done.
Thank you for watching Kevin. CUOTO
It is very interesting to see how much you rely on your crew mate Reggie and the trust you have in him during these docking operations. If you ever get a second camera I would like to see what Reggie sees. Perhaps a helmet cam with no hands operation. I have seen them used by firefighters at working fire operations.
Thank you Bernie. Reggie is great, but he only works on my watch every other hitch. The two deckhands rotate watches every hitch. You don't see Chris as often only because he is shy. I have a head mount for a camera, but I don't think I can shoot what you are asking for due to what is and isn't tolerated by the big bosses.
Hi Tim.. I picked out a call sign!! Took about 20 seconds to find you on my phone AIS. I will not tell anyone. Stay safe and keep the vids coming love your style.
Thank you for watching Andy!
Very cool... I have the "Marine Traffic" app on my iPad and I did a search for the name you called in this video... and now I can see "you" in real time!
Thank you for watching Heath!
I have had an app on my phone for a little while now, the odd thing is there are two vessels displayed in NY Harbor with Cap’n Tim’s vessel name, same call sign but different MMSI numbers. Is that normal?
@@rustygunner8282 hmmmmm. I am unaware of that. I'll have to check it out. Thank you.
I am only seeing me on my app.
It’s almost certainly a flawed app. The MMSI numbers are 367419080 and 367776264. Both show the same callsign and IMO number, but the first is listed as “Tug/Towing” and the second as “Undefined”, and in different locations and status. Time to change apps, methinks. Anyway, thanks once more for teaching me so many new things!
Teriffic video. More like this please.
Thank you very much for watching.
Great video Tim! Chartplotters, and AIS have made such an improvement in safety. Back in the 70’s all I had on my own boat was a depth sounder, vhf radio and compass. I used to ask the commercial boats if they saw me on their radar.
Even some ocean going tankers and container ships didn’t have much more. Maybe a couple radars, and a Loran C if they were lucky. Situational awareness is so much better now.
I like the idea of using green for company vessels. Great idea.
Thank you for watching Bill!
Great video Tim thanks, so much knowledge, your videos are sure helping me get through this Time.
Thank you for watching Harry. Hang in there. We got this!
That was a spectacular video! Next time would you please squeeze in the rudder and throttle settings. I love the AIS. My world was paper charts, pencils, and the surface radar. Going into Long Beach or San Diego in dense fog was not fun. Thanks again for the video.
Thank you for watching Bruce. Yes, things sure have gotten better!
"TEAMWORK"!!! That's what it's all about in your job! That was Awesome! And Reggie is the man! Matt was not too bad ether! Still would love to see an interview / video on him if he would be willing! Also when you were talking about steering, I tell people it's kinda like pushing a shopping cart. Thanks for sharing Captain Tim!
Thank you for watching Rick. I'm trying to get them to come on camera. Stand by.
The hard landing in a flood was very cool. My recreation boat is outfitted with AIS transceiver and your description helps me to integrate it with my chart plotter and radar for more effective usefulness. Thank you.
Whoa wait a minute..... We don't say hard landing! Lol. (A hard landing means you hit the dock hard). Just kidding. I know what you meant. Thank you for watching. I am sure that integrating your AIS with you chart plotter and Radar will be something you will be happy you did for years to come. Stay safe out there.
This is a Master Class in ship handling and navigation! What a fantastic opportunity to have found your channel Tim! I felt like I was in a simulator...:) I feel like I owe you...I don't see links to a Patreon account.
Thank you so much for watching and wanting to support the channel. If you go-to patreon and search for TimBatSea, you will find me. I can't thank you enough!
I’m studying navigation at a maritime school, and I love your videos! I always like to see the practical component of our studies in action. Thanks!
Thank you for watching Jason. Be sure to share my videos with your classmates!
Great job , so lucky to have a Master explain how such interesting things that happen everyday , but are unseen to the general public.Nice easy to understand delivery. Thank you
Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words!
I agree. Can't say it any better than that.
@@Glide1992 Thank you very much!!!
Your craft has a beautiful interior, shows care and pride. Could you show us AIS operating in a cell phone in the future.
Thank you for watching Bulldog. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. Sure, I can do that.
l really enjoyed the docking sequence. Would like to see more of that in the future. Thank you, Tim!
Thank you Ken. I hope to do much more of it in the future.
Good morning Tim, Thank you for a great video and for all of the explanation !! Very interesting. Take care Captain Tim and crew , stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.
Good morning Wayne. Thank you as always for watching!
Thanks for sharing. This is awesome stuff.
Thank you for watching Richard.
Great video as usual - I liked watching the docking more than the lesson... bad student!! lol. AIS is exactly what you said it was. When I get my dinky little boat - its gonna have it, no question
Thank you very much for watching!
I still have that Furuno FA100 AIS that you show near the beginning. I don't look at the screen much, but it feeds all the targets to both the Furuno radar and my plotter. Furuno stuff just seems to work forever.
Thank you for watching. I too am a fan of furuno.
Thanks Tim, that was exciting. I'm learning everytime I watch your videos!
Dave
Thank you very much for watching David.
super cool video thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching Adam!
It's all great. Thank you Tim!
Thank you for watching Doug. CUOTO
Back in 2011 I was working on a yacht, which was my first experience with ais. I have a couple pictures of the chart plotter while we were in the anchorage on the pacific side of the Panama Canal. It was crazy when you zoomed out enough to see both coasts, just a mass of overlapping triangles and predictor lines crossing every which way
Thank you for watching. It has been a big help!
Tim thanks that was a great video - Regards Australia
Thank you for watching David!
Thanks Capt...... Good stuff!!!!
Thank you for watching Sean. CUOTO
Outstanding job.
Thank you for watching Kenneth!
Thank you for the information! Your videos are very interesting.
Thank you for watching Mike!
Great vid Tim. The docking was very cool. I noticed you cannot see the barge on the plotter looks like the assist tug is pushing on nothing. Good work all. Ingat Kuya.
Thank you for watching Roger. Barges, not having their own propulsion, don't have AIS and thus don't show up on the plotter.
Great video, thanks for uploading! I wouldn't mind seeing more content similar to this; it is very interesting to see how you use the tools available to you to safely navigate what looks like very busy waterways.
Thank you very much for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.
Nice video, and I love that deep rumble from the engines. Nearly fell asleep because of it 🥱😄
Thank you Mark!
If you are lucky enough to have radar on your pleasure boat, use it, especially in good, clear weather.
The more you use it when you can visually interpret what it is showing by looking outside, the more comfortable you'll be with it when you really need to use it.
And yes, AIS is at a price now where everyone should consider it. I've seen fishing boats as small as 20ft using it.
Thank you for watching.
Thanks Tim. The onboard electronics have really changed. Cool stuff.
Thank you for watching.
Sweet explanation, learn something every time!
Thank you for watching Jason.
Great video as always
Thank you very much Hussein. CUOTO
Very interesting video!
Thank you for watching Terry!
*at the top is reality.* Never a bad thing to see as well..
Thank you for watching!
Great information
Thank you for watching Michell. Please consider subscribing as I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
you got all the toys all the time , I have a radio with an ais receiver on it but not a ais transceiver it shall be on my list
James. I highly recommend an AIS transceiver. I need to see you as well. CUOTO
Another great video. Rose point was definitely a game changer. Keep em coming cap!!!
Thank you for watching Jacob!
Great video, Tim! The three-screen presentation was very helpful -- watching the docking maneuver simultaneously on chartplotter and camera was cool. I don't have an AIS transceiver in my 22 ft. C-Dory yet, but I do monitor the Marine Traffic app on my iPad to keep track of surrounding vessels. Hopefully, I'll be able to install one soon. :-)
Thank you for watching Bruce. Be safe out there.
Wow, more intriguing knowledge about boating; thanks Tim!
Thank you for watching Ken.
Thanks Tim I found the AIS discussion....excellent...I think you have a great voice, easy lessening.... but herring the engines be still my heart haha I use to drive tractor for many hours day and night on farm no radio no phone just you and the engine and what ever power takeoff was doing kept you company. DAD WOULD SAY NO SINGING hahaha. Love the engines on you tug thank ever so much so enjoyed your video. Byebye till next time...
Thank you for watching (and listening) Marie!
Hi, Tim. Happy to hear a pro mariners' take on AIS. As an avid rec boater, a buddy and I occasionally argue over priority of technology. The reason a lot of rec boats end up with AIS-RX only is because the RX is relatively cheap, and getting integrated into a lot of fix-mount VHF units at marginal additional cost. The TX units, however, start at $600 new, and that's without a display. That said, with some savvy shopping, I should be able to put both AIS and radar on our 32'.
A couple questions - what's all the chatter about the clutch? I'd expect the clutch would be automatically handled by your throttle levers. Secondly, how often do you get an assist like that? Was the escort required? Or were they just available?
Thank you for watching. Good move on getting a proper AIS on your boat! Clutch one and clutch two are commands given to the assist boat for minimal power on one or two engines. Assist boats are not required by the Coast Guard for general docking in NYC, however there are dock and or customers that require an assist coming into or out of their docks. Neither was the case in the video. It was my judgement that made the call that in order to do the job at that state of tide (current), and assist was nesisary.
Great explanation of AIS (for those of us that are "greenhorns").
Thank you very much for watching.
Another great video.
Thank you John!
There is no power greater in the Universe than the GoPro App no doubt..
Interesting seamanship stuff Tim. Thank you.
Thank you for watching Rich!
interesting video thank you tim
Thank you James. CUOTO
Interesting that the chart plotter does not show the barge. It appears that you are too far from the dock. I never thought about that. Makes sense though. I guess there would have to be a setting to increase the size of your vessel. Thanks for posting. I learned some stuff as always.
Thank you for watching John. There is a feature that lets you change you ship icon to a push boat. But it requires your dimensions and adjusts it's size. That sounds good, right? Well if I did that in this video, when I was zoomed out to show other boats, my icon would have all but disappeared. So for the sake of the average viewer, I changed the ship icon to medium and it stays that size un till you over scale the chart.
Very informative and great watching.
Thank you for watching!
I love this video!!!!
Thank you Zach!
Great content, as usual... I guess perhaps the next step would be a 'flight plan', where your neighbors know where you're trying to go. I found an app for my phone... evidently not very popular on the local lakes today!
We are required by our customers to do voyage plans and inter harbor transfer plans on every job we do. Also, AIS has a data line to display destination.
Marine electronics, I like the term navionics, navigation electronics.
AIS, Radar, Depthsounder, Chartplotter, GPS, VHF/UHF/SSB, Satellite phone. The pure communication systems are a critically important part of these systems.
Thank you for watching Jaqui
Tim if the wheel house is midships would the predictor line still move with the stern of the boat.
I drove a Neal's 5ton yard crane mounts on rubber tyres. With the cad facing the forward in the direction of the chassis steering wheel it steered like a regular vehicle. So turn left to go left and the same with reverse. But if you slewed the cab & jib 180deg and drove the chassis in reverse you had to steer right to go left. Man that took some getting used to especially if you had to make a quick emergency turn.
Thanks for the tips and explanation, stay safe.
Thank you for watching. If you don't have a heading sensor (gyro or fluxgate) you GPS has to guess your heading by movement. So in snaps a mark and the a second later or so, another. The it draws a line between the two and figures that is your heading. So if you started going 5 kts in reverse, to the gps without a heading sensor, it would just think you are traveling at 5 kts in a forward direction. So the predictor line or vector line will still point in the direction the boat is moving regardless of where the wheelhouse is of the way you are facing. CUOTO
Well what do ya know I guess all you do is watch TV while you’re steering the tug. Lol thanks for the content Tim always enjoyable.
Thank you for watching Jeff.
Great opening scene!
Thank you very much!
Great video as always! Wasn't expecting the lady at the start. I'm guessing she's doing some of the translated captions? I'm a fan... Just glad the wife didn't walk by though! hahaha
Lol!!! That's the beautiful Gladys sending help from Madrid Spain.
Think of steering a big boat as driving a Forklift...!! It’s not turning from the Front. 17:10
But the rear end (Stern) is swinging out first, after that when the length of it is lined up the right way
And the rudder is straightened out, Then you will go That way/heading...😱🤭😳. Brilliant, and I have run both😎👍✅
Thank you for watching Rob.
Very nice Capt Tim, now I really feel the need to upgrade my on board electronics, thank you for explaining how the systems all work together. I also enjoy the slight vibration of the camera as you maneuver into position. You do a great job.
Thank you very much Richard. You patrons make the world go round!
AIS was created by ham radio operators as APRS
Thank you for watching Ronald.
I'm on APRS as m0wao ;) 73
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Great job Tim - thank you for sharing. Sometime, please can you explain the commands you give to the assist tug - clutch on 2 etc. Thanks!
Thank you for watching Simon. Clutch one is asking for minimal power with one engine. Clutch 2 is both engines at minimal power.
This was one of the best (for me) videos of yours. The others are good and informative too. I know chart plotters and radar but this Great Lakes recreational sailor has never seen this practical use of integration before. (I gotta get me one of these).
I get a lot from your other videos where it shows the engine and rudder controls which would have been nice to see on this video at the end to see what you are doing to control the tug and barge.
One more question/suggestion (if possible) can you change your chart plotter vessel image to include the barge so that you/we can see just where the whole barge is on the chart?
Thank you for watching John. Most of the time, the ship icon on the plotter is bigger than the tug and tow together. There is one icon that is a pushboat with a barge, but it requires you to enter you length over all. So most of the time when you are running through the harbor and you have the plotter zoomed out to see other traffic, you can no longer see yourself. #CUOTO
@@TimBatSea That makes sense. The place that would have helped me visually was when your chart plotter was zoomed in at the time your assist tug was pushing on the barge's starboard bow in this episode. It looked like that tug was pushing nothing which we know was your barge. That might be hard for he program to make that switch to a larger icon.
By the way, you may know this already that the term starboard comes from the old boats that used a steering board off the right quarter. Hence steering board became starboard. And because the steering board was on the right side they put the left side of the boat next to the the wharf or pier or in other words they put that side to the port.
@@johnmeyers3954 oh yes. Thank you again for watching John!
I understand your comment on buying a AIS transceiver instead of a receiver only. But, I'm building a DIY centralize electronic ( raspberry Pi, GPS, Compass, AIS, etc) for my small sailboat, the overall project is around 100$ and the AIS "radio" is 35$. The cheapest AIS Transceiver (cheap China) is around 400$. There is no DIY AIS emitter for obvious reason...P.S. note that all price are in Canadian.
Thank you for watching. I am amazed and impressed with your efforts at wanting to build your own things. It is all personal choice, but I would think that someone as resourceful as you seem to be would out a higher value on your own life. I'm not saying that you will die without an AIS transceiver, but if you are going through all the trouble of building your dream, maybe you should protect it (and you) by more than double by spending just a bit more. What ever you do, be careful out there and stay safe.
My boy..Working witt FEMA this couple weeks...stay healthy
Stay healthy mi hermano!
If I watch on a AIS app or website, is it possible to see your boat? I’m like a kid when it comes to things like big boats, trains, planes, you name it I enjoy watching them all. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you for watching Barry. Yes, you can follow along with us. I am not supposed to mention our boat or company by name directly, but I'm sure you will figure it out.
AIS marine Traffic in conjunction with web cams gives great entertainment while home these days also.
Thank you for watching Bob!
Roughly the 24 minute mark after Mark was pushing at half go. You mentioned to go Clutch on two. Is this referring to the need to push on the starboard side, or is the numeric a position on the barge?
Thank you for watching. Clutch one and clutch two are commands given to the assist tug for minimal power on one or two engines.
A possible video idea for you. This was an excellent presentation of seamanship and how tugs operate now I have a question or an idea. Without giving away exact numbers I would like to know financially how does the assist to get paid is this something is contracted ahead of time or how is this worked out. Actually I guess the question is how does the overall finance work out for a tug operation. Kind of broad strokes,
Thank you for watching Ed. I have to tell you that I have asked the same question for twenty years and still don't have an answer.
@@TimBatSea I am not surprised (companies that I have worked for were a mystery) and you last name is not "Vane Line Bunkering Inc". Have a great day.
@@edshelden7590 please help me to be able to keep posting this kind of content by not using boat or company names on public forums. My employer is very tolerant but I'm sure there are limits that I hope not to find.
I use ship finder, you have to pay a certain one time fee and you can upgrade to better version for a monthly fee👍🛳
Thank you for watching Tim!
Strange looking at the Chartplotter and seeing your tug with another tug way in front, nothing in between :-)
I feel like I am missing a joke, but I don't understand. (It's also early and I'm only one coffee in)
@@TimBatSea The barge ddoesn't appear in the chartplotter, so the aiding tug seems to be pushing in empty space
@@TomLeg oh. I see now. Yes. The information on the screen comes from gps and AIS data. Barges are unpowered and don't have AIS.
But in the meantime it looks like something out of Harry Potter :-)
Spot on Tim. If you could only choose one, would it be radar or AIS?
Thank you for watching Chris. It would be radar for me, but only because there is a lot more land for me to hit than boats. Lol