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Yacht position reporting is used mainly by
rallies or race organisations for safety reporting. However a growing
trend is for individual yachts to report their positions so that
families and friends can track their progress via websites. We have
listed the main Yacht Reporting systems below. |
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ShipTrak position
reporting
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ShipTrak is a free service to family,
friends and supporters of those out in the blue. When you enter a
callsign in the callsign box, ShipTrak searches both the Yotreps and
Winlink 2000 databases and then displays the reports on a map. It also
sorts and displays the reports in text form. The user can also make a
printable version of the map & text and can also zoom in or out for a
better prospective of the ship position. |
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Winlink
position reporting
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Winlink 2000 Utilizes enabling
technologies and sound operating practices to provide a full-featured
radio digital message transfer system, worldwide, Show a plot of the
position of any Winlink 2000 user who reports a position |
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YOTREPS position reporting
Pangolin |
Let shoreside relatives and friends feel a part
of your next voyage by plotting your daily positions on the web. The
service is free. You need either onboard HF email or HF voice reporting
to a contributing station. |
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EU.mmsn position reporting
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Position reporting for the European
Maritime Mobile Service Network |
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World
Cruising.net |
You pay for this service quarterly + various
setup fees.. Positions can be received from a host of onboard
communications equipment including Inmarsat D + and any form of Email
from sea |
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