looking for a vessel in Caribbean island

[Mamagirl]

Hi, I am a new member first thanks for having me on board here. I have a quick question.
I want to know if there's a website I can find a vessel without knowing the name of the vessel .Friend of ours with his daughter was recently in Guadalupe. He has told us that he is encountering some technical difficulties but they are able to solve the problem. Unfortunately we dont remember his vessels name and we have lost contact with him over 10 days now. we are very worried, I told my husband to contact his ex wife or his mother but my husband said is best not to worry the family.
so my question is , is there a web side we can search his name . we know that his vessel is registered in Swiss .
thank you so much in advance

[NaClyDog]

Do you know if the vessel has / uses AIS? If so, you can check one of the sites like Marine Traffic or Vessel Finder. They will allow you to filter by country of registry.


If they've been there, you will be able to see where they were last seen by one of the base stations.

[Mamagirl]

Originally Posted by NaClyDog

Do you know if the vessel has / uses AIS? If so, you can check one of the sites like Marine Traffic or Vessel Finder. They will allow you to filter by country of registry.


If they've been there, you will be able to see where they were last seen by one of the base stations.

thank you. we were searching on vessel finder but we can not find him. so worried

[NaClyDog]

Marine Traffic seems to be better. Give that a look.

[Wolfe10]

If they have AIS and it is on:


https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...y:16.2/zoom:10

[Mamagirl]

Originally Posted by NaClyDog

Marine Traffic seems to be better. Give that a look.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...y:16.2/zoom:10

is this the right page ? thank you

[Mamagirl]

Originally Posted by Wolfe10

If they have AIS and it is on:


https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...y:16.2/zoom:10

thank you so much I dont know what AIS is.i will look through all of them .

[Stingo]

There are several FaceAche Caribbean cruising groups. Maybe join the Grenada group because it's one of the most active and ask for advice there.

[Wolfe10]

Originally Posted by Mamagirl

thank you so much I dont know what AIS is.i will look through all of them .

At least on my computer: zoom in. hoover over a boat and the name will appear. If they have entered specific boat information, it will be there if you click on their boat.

[Zanshin]

Originally Posted by Mamagirl

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I want to know if there's a website I can find a vessel without knowing the name of the vessel...

I might be able to help. What sort of a sailboat was this? Is this a single-handed Swiss sailor?

[Mamagirl]

Originally Posted by Zanshin

I might be able to help. What sort of a sailboat was this? Is this a single-handed Swiss sailor?

Thank you .yes he is single handed sailer and we are now on the link provided before and we are trying to set a filter on Swiss flag 🇨🇭 so we can see all the vessels under this flag in Caribbean.I think is soon hurricane season and he should be leaving soon .

[Zanshin]

He is in good shape and was last seen in Martinique recently. Since I have no idea what the true intent is; I am wary of giving out additional information.

[Wolfe10]

Originally Posted by Zanshin

He is in good shape and was last seen in Martinique recently. Since I have no idea what the true intent is; I am wary of giving out additional information.

If you see/contact him, might tell him Mamagirl (no idea real name, but could send private message here) would like to establish contact.


Message delivered, but no privacy concern.

[Mamagirl]

Originally Posted by Wolfe10

If you see/contact him, might tell him Mamagirl (no idea real name, but could send private message here) would like to establish contact.


Message delivered, but no privacy concern.

he is 180 cm tall, he has blond reddish hair mostly in a pony tail 38 years old and has his daughter ( Marianne ) with him. we know that he was on his way to Grenada. he also told us that his internet is not the best so we will wait till Monday and then contact his family, but thank you for all your help.

[Zanshin]

I am no longer in visual contact with this Swiss-Flagged boat and the one person I saw aboard. But since there aren't too many such sailboats around, this might have been him. I did not see a second person aboard.
There is currently a bigger storm heading this way, so many sailboats are sailing south to avoid this weather. I am one, as was this Swiss boat.