Crossing the Shipping Lanes

You skipper a sailing yacht from across the North Sea, using only your AIS screen to navigate safely.  You have no chart. You have no radar. You have one tool: AIS — a screen showing every vessel within 10nm as a moving dot with a 12-minute speed vector. The crossing is 105 nautical miles. It takes 15–20 hours at sailboat speed. In that time you will:

• Cross two major Traffic Separation Schemes at 90° heading (not course-over-ground — the tide pushes you sideways, but your bow must point perpendicular to the lane)
• Thread through dense cargo and tanker traffic at night
• Manage your sail plan as the wind builds
• Keep your stress level low enough to stay in control

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