YachtByte Official Resource
Verification context
- Date, time and time zone recorded.
- Vessel location or operating area recorded.
- Reason for verification recorded: departure, refit, service, defect, annual check or data change.
- Person completing the check recorded.
- Responsible officer or captain acknowledgement recorded where required.
- AIS make, model and serial recorded where useful.
Static data
- MMSI checked.
- Vessel name checked.
- Call sign checked.
- IMO number checked where applicable.
- Vessel type checked.
- Length and beam checked.
- AIS antenna reference point checked.
- Flag, registration or ownership change considered.
- Refit or antenna relocation impact considered.
Voyage-related data
- Navigation status checked.
- Destination checked.
- ETA checked.
- Draught checked where required or operationally useful.
- Voyage data updated for the current passage.
- Stale data from previous passage removed.
- Bridge team confirms who updates voyage data during operations.
Dynamic data and sensors
- GNSS position input checked.
- Course over ground checked.
- Speed over ground checked.
- Heading input checked where connected.
- Rate of turn input checked where fitted.
- Timestamp or data freshness checked.
- Sensor mismatch, stale value or missing input recorded.
Display and downstream feeds
- AIS own-ship status checked on AIS unit.
- AIS data checked on radar where integrated.
- AIS data checked on ECDIS or chart display where integrated.
- VDR AIS feed checked where applicable.
- Bridge gateway or monitoring feed checked where applicable.
- Owner dashboard or secondary display confirmed read-only where applicable.
- Interface or alarm fault recorded.
Closeout evidence
- Screenshots or photos stored where useful.
- Defects or corrections recorded.
- Service provider or technician follow-up assigned where needed.
- Interface matrix, bridge records or handover notes updated.
- Captain or duty officer plain-language summary provided.
- Next review or periodic check date recorded.