In the FAQ it mentions that you can track the ship with your car on it when the ship is within 200 miles of the coast on the the NOAA or Coast Guard website. I thought that that was pretty cool, but was unable to find it on either website. Does anyone have a link?

 

You can obtain the ship name from your Dealer . . . then follow this procedure. Happy tracking.

First, go to the tracking site http://213.31.205.37/GLWebApps.AppTracking

Here you will be able to get the actual name of your boat (you are going to need this for the next step).

Then, go to the Coast Guard site http://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIX2/VesselSearch.asp

to get the call sign of your boat. Enter the name of your boat in the field labeled Vessel Name. You don't need any other information.

After that, go to the accuweather site
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/...e_windwaves.asp

Enter the call sign in the 'Buoy/Ship Observations' field and then click decode. This will give you the lat/long of the ship (each ship is basically a mobile weather station, that's how the weather site can find 'em).

Finally, go to the maptech site
http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/inde...ancedsearch=yes

In the box at the bottom labeled 'Find Maps or Charts by Lat/Lon (Decimal Degree)', enter your lat/lon from the accuweather site. VERY IMPORTANT...if your latitude is XX.X S, you must use a minus ( - ) sign before the number, and if your longitude is XX.X W you have to use the minus ( - ) sign as well. If you do not, you will find that your MINI is coming to you via the Suez Canal, instead of being off of the coast of Spain.

 

If you cannot track the ship, the chance would be it's titanicized

 

Well there's a word for ya

 

Thanks much.