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AIS vessel WINDCAT 41 - show graphs
Callsign: MCKB8
MMSI number: 232013243
IMO number: 287778
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: High Speed Catamaran (49)
Destination: GB BIF-ORMONDE (ETA Jan15 09:00)
Location: 54°05.24' N 3°26.61' W - locator IO84GC60SX - show map
8.7 miles West bearing 257° from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom [?]
11.0 miles Southwest bearing 219° from Millom, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
50.4 miles North bearing 338° from Liverpool, City and Borough of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
64.6 miles Northwest bearing 311° from Manchester, City and Borough of Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-06 07:11:51 EST (6h27m ago)
2025-02-06 12:11:51 GMT local time at Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 335.3° – heading 244°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 22 m width 8 m draught 2.0 m
Last path: MCKB8>ais via GD4RVQ
Positions stored: 7051
Stations near current position of WINDCAT 41 - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
DISCOVERER4.6 miles 238°2025-02-06 10:16:16 GW51495.7 miles 60°2025-02-06 13:35:48
DETECTER6.4 miles 186°2025-02-06 06:22:44 DEVELOPER6.8 miles 251°2025-02-06 08:53:05
STENA SCOTIA7.6 miles 147°2025-02-06 10:01:14 P-M0TEB9.0 miles 73°2025-01-28 09:02:26
2E0TXH-109.3 miles 79°2025-01-09 07:54:53 2E0TXH-D9.3 miles 79°2025-02-06 13:25:08
PACIFIC EGRET9.4 miles 85°2025-02-06 06:59:49 M0MOL B9.5 miles 80°2025-02-06 13:20:08
M0MOL-B9.5 miles 80°2025-02-06 13:20:18 M3TXP9.6 miles 83°2025-02-04 01:43:58
M3TXP-i9.7 miles 78°2025-01-24 18:14:07 SNAEFELL RIVER10.2 miles 296°2025-02-06 13:37:48
RNLI LIFEBOAT 16-0811.0 miles 95°2025-01-15 16:01:53 G0HIK-1111.6 miles 53°2025-01-30 14:39:20
M0KPW-711.6 miles 55°2025-01-29 15:31:26 G0HIK-1012.4 miles 55°2025-02-06 13:29:30
G0HIK-812.4 miles 55°2025-02-06 10:12:46 G/LD-03012.7 miles 21°2025-01-28 06:31:35
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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