Lance Oram, my boat pilot has a system on board his boat (Sea Satin) which allows anyone who has internet access to track the position of the boat, and hence the swimmer he is supporting. This system is known as AIS and can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?refresh=2&count=3&map=folkstone
For anyone who is interested, we will post when I start my swim and you will be able to follow my progress to France, you can set the map to refresh at set intervals to see the progress. If Sea Satin does not appear on the plot then go to the search tab and type in Sea Satin and it will find the boat. It also gives a better idea of the traffic in the Channel.
Andy
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