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KESTREL

Pleasure craftPleasure craftCayman Islands

Position 8 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
KESTREL
MMSI
319233300
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
ZGQF2
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
37
Type
Pleasure craft
Length overall
21 m
Beam
7 m
Draught
2.3 m

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
PORTLAND ME
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
153°
True heading
320°

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
43° 38.575' N
Longitude
70° 15.107' W
Decimal
43.64291, -70.25178
Received
8 min ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of KESTREL's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from KESTREL
CG49420Search and rescue vessel0.2 nm44° NE
EF AVACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.3 nm322° NW
NANCY MCALLISTERTug0.5 nm11° N
YAM2Sailing vessel0.5 nm273° W
HARBOR_PRINCESSPassenger ship, no additional information0.6 nm276° W
PILOT BOAT SPRING PTOther type0.6 nm355° N
CHARLES D MCALLISTERTug0.7 nm265° W
VICTORY IIPassenger ship, no additional information1.0 nm14° NNE
WABANAKIOther type, no additional information1.1 nm36° NE
NORD VENTURATanker1.3 nm258° WSW
BANCROFT 24Towing vessel1.4 nm264° W
MACHIGONNE IIPassenger ship2.4 nm72° ENE
CG47300Search and rescue vessel3.2 nm118° ESE
CG26171Search and rescue vessel4.0 nm35° NE
CG47214Search and rescue vessel4.1 nm129° SE

Ranked by great-circle distance from KESTREL's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.