Where is the fleet?
Velic Consulting is maintaining a database of wind propelled and wind assisted vessels and has uploaded their data as a fleet on Marinetraffic. At least a nice pastime for the summer-break, and maybe more.
Velic Consulting, a small firm based in Lorient in France is providing maritime consultancy and specializes on wind propulsion. They have build and maintain a database of all modern and classic WASP ships currently in operation and they have made it available on a Google Drive share.
But even more exciting, at least in your editors opinion: they have uploaded it as a fleet to their Marin traffic account. Now we monitor in real time where al those admirable, innovative vessels are right now. Well, real-time…. not always. As Velic writes: “We don’t (yet) have the satellite option”. That requires an expensive subscription. So positions of vessels out of coastal AIS range could be a few days behind or even invisible.
In fact they created 2 fleets, displayed on separated maps for ships build before 2000 (mainly classic sailing vessels) and after 2000 (modern WASP), knowing both types have their own fanbase.
Kudos for Velic!
source: velic-consulting.com
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