Junovia is a Pearson 422 cutter-rigged sloop crewed by Nat, Kendra, Maya, and Morgan Powning.
A DataHub running aboard Junovia shares position and other data every 5 minutes. In addition to her current location and wind observations, you can see detailed history in this map view going back to May of 2025 before she departed Olympia Washington. The white track shows her path over time, you can click on it at any location to see details at the time she was there.
A Garmin Cortex Class B+ AIS transponder regularly broadcasts information over VHF radio to other nearby vessels and other stations. The transmitted data includes her identification, position, heading, course, and speed. Click here for a good write-up about the Automatic Identification System if you would like to learn how it works at a high level.
There are websites that collect and share AIS data from various stations, including Junovia. Two of these sites are MarineTraffic and VesselFinder where you can see details for all vessels around the world who's AIS data is being picked up by these stations, including Junovia. Check them out to see how many ships are travelling around the world at any given time, you may be surprised at the amount of traffic!
Here are embedded views of Junovia's position on each or these sites:
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For now, here is a blogger site we rarely contribute to. Hey, it's a start!
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