Hi All Whilst looking around for more information as a result of the current AIS thread I came across this. A proposal by USCG to widen the scope of mandatory fitting of AIS in vessels. In particular - quote follows - "The vessel groups affected are all commercial self-propelled vessels 65 feet or greater (including fishing and passenger vessels), towing vessels 26 feet or greater and over 600 horsepower, vessels carrying 50 or more passengers or certain dangerous cargoes; dredges and certain high speed passenger craft; operating on U.S. navigable waters. We estimate that the number of vessels affected by the AIS portion of this rulemaking is approximately 17,400 foreign and domestic vessels." Full text on http://tinyurl.com/ds44e This would make the fitting of an AIS receiver in leisure craft even more useful. Are Recreational vessels next-in-line for mandatory fitting of a full AIS system??? Regards Roger Bingham France [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]