Boatfag Analysis Report(partial repost from LB)
Picking up the prior BF report (great friggin' work, Shipmate, BZ!) this is a workup from the last known info to provide a rough position estimate on the Iranian ships heading to Venezuela.
These reports are not 100% on track with the last known course bearings and selected the closest part of the Venezuelan coast as the destination in order to calculate current positions. These tracks also assume a constant speed.
> Also had to do conversions from nautical miles to km since I'm plotting with goog earth. Caps show kilometers.
Fortune IMO# 9283746 MMSI # 422303000
Last known position reported on 5/16 @ 7:31 UTC was 29.40508 N / 21.6205 W with a speed of 13.2 knots. The coast of VZ is 2506 nm from that point. Since the position is 138 hours old, after conversions the estimated distance left to the closest VZ coastline is about 680 nm.
Faxon IMO# 9283758 MMSI# 422304000
Last known position reported on 5/19 @ 1:41 UTC was 32.25107 N / 16.17062 W with a speed of 13.5 knots. The coast of VZ is 2833 nm from that point. Since the position is only 3 days old, the ship has only traveled approx 980 nm.
Petunia IMO# 9820336 MMSI# 422232600
Last known position (5/18 @ 1:23 UTC) was 28.06013 N / 20.16446 W with a heading of 231 deg. @ 12.1 kts. Cap shows estimated position which is a distance traveled of 1162 nm to the closest coastline of VZ.
Clavel IMO# 9820312 MMSI# 422232300
Current position (5/22 @ 02:02 UTC) is 34.14708 N / 14.36634 W with a heading of 231 deg. @ 12.1 kts. Cap shows distance to go of 1162 nm to the closest coastline of VZ.
Forest IMO# 9283760 MMSI# 9283760
Last known position (5/14 @ 21:44 UTC) was 35.867 N/6.57466 W with a heading of 252 deg. @ 12.1 kts. Cap shows estimated position which is a distance traveled of 2094 nm to the closest coastline of VZ. Still has a ways to go. Sorry for the shitty cap - the arrow shows the last known position I used as the starting point.