On to Waukegan, Kenosha, and Milwaukee

Inland Seas, under the command of Remy Champt and crewed by AllenWolfe, Don Gorski, Dave Dykstra and Jeannie Inglehart, is heading for Waukegon, Kenosha and Milwaukee with a fleet of five other tall ships (Appledore IV & V, Dennis Sullivan, Bounty, and Roseway) with 70 students from a Kentucky Montessori middle school.  You might be able to pick up their track on one of several AIS tracking sites such as http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ (click on  number 16 on the tracking map and zoom in on the Milwaukee area)

Fall Lay-Up in Progress - AIS Operational This Fall

Captains Remy Champt and Allen Wolfe this morning as work continues on de-rigging the schooner Inland Seas.

Our new AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponder installed in the captain's cabin. This unit sends and receives position information of commercial ships in the area.
Our array of antennas on the lazy board: From left to right: GPS for pilot house display, GPS for AIS, LORAN C, weather sensors, GPS for outside chart plotter, VHF for AIS transmit and receive. The yellow opject in the foreground is our EPIRB (emergency position indicating radio beacon).