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[harryh733]

Still loads of them there at 1am in the morning (I should probably be asleep now but oh well )



I use http://www.shipais.com/gmap2.php to see what boats are currently around. I use it on my phone when Im walking on the coast to find out where boats are going and what they are

[Bungle]

that just shows the ships are in the traffic separation lanes

Does that mean like on a dual carriageway?

yes works in much the same way

OK cheers, so how does the cross-Channel stuff manage to thread through that lot?

they have to cross at right angles to the traffic, just like when you cross the road

the bit close to the land is for going in/out of port

[Bungle]

Most would appear to be on the way out. Thought they clockwork moused in the Bay of Biscay waiting for the oil price.

So these are the main shipping lanes then? And, keeping to the right, the thicker line is heading southwest, and they're all moving? In which case that's NOT the place to drop anchor

the English side is out and froggy side in, the bit down the middle is a separation zone (central reservation )

[Teapot]

how did you find out what ships are in the channel?

I use this site which also locates tall ships, the sailing clippers etc, which go on very romantic-sounding cruises

I use http://www.shipais.com/gmap2.php to see what boats are currently around. I use it on my phone when Im walking on the coast to find out where boats are going and what they are

That is really cool, thanks. I expect Mrs T will be tap-tapping her i-phone as we stroll along the cliffs. Not too close to the edge, dear ...

Wow, I can be a proper ship-spotter to fill the void in my life since Dr Beeching killed off the trains

Thanks for all the info.

Edited by Teapot, 28 April 2010 - 09:10 AM.

[Bungle]

are you going to turn into a wrecker ?

[asmith88]

sory to sidetrack, but are those ther names of the ships in black? if so what the hell! overseas cathy?? and some imaginative so an so has named their boat "ship"!

[E.L.M.O]

I have it on good authority from one of my travel agents (who is also into sailing- he has a boat mored in Portsmouth) that the reason for the increased traffic in the channel is due to a back log from the ash cloud. It had a knock on effect. Tankers have to slow/stop for the ferries. there were a lot more ferries due to no planes which meant a lot of the tankers couldnt get into the docks as everything that could float was being used to ferry people across, and had priority. now i guess they are just waiting their turn

[blue min 1]

http://www.shipais.c...;mmsi=236038000

still loads there ????????????



mike