Follow that boat!

With the advent of AIS tracking it is easy to follow live the progress of individual ships as they ply their trade off Land's End. This also includes those fishing vessels fitted with the AIS system, like the French trawler above. On this tracking site it is possible to click on each arrow which shows the speed of the vessel at the time. In this instance the boat concerned was making 10 knots untill she shot and altered course to tow up past the Wolf and off towards Pendeen.

Further up the channel the Dutch freezer trawler Oceaan VII has weaved an interesting course today.