I spoke to Garmin Tech Support yesterday. According to the guy I spoke
with, the latest version of the Garmin 3010 software (3.5) does indeed
support both high speed NMEA and AIS sentences. My nobeltec AIS receiver
has just arrived and I'm headed down to the boat this weekend to try it all
out.

"Pascal" wrote in message
oups.com...
The information below was taken from the SeaCAS AIS Receiver Home Page:

Navigation Software that is compatible with SEACAS SafePassage AIS
The CAPN
Fugawi Marine ENC
Nobeltec Admiral
Rosepoint Navigation Coastal Explorer
MaxSea Navigator+ Commander Explorer Professional
Digiboat's Software on Board (SOB)
GPSNavX & MacENC
Euronav seaPro UAIS
ICAN Regulus Aldebaran
Chartworx TheMap Yachting
Nobeltec VNS version 8.0
NavSim BOATCRUISER
Global Navigation's NavPak
Maptech Chart Navigator Pro
Transas Marine Navi-Sailor


Chart Plotters that are compatible with SEACAS SafePassage AIS
FURUNO NavNet vx2
SI-TEX ColorMax
Lorenz Electronics Excalibur World Map
SEIWA BARRACUDA NAUTILUS BARRAMUNDI
VDO Map Chart Plotters
JRC JMA-5300
Raymarine E-Series
Garmin GPSMAP 392, 398, 492, 498, 2206, 2210, 3205, 3206, 3210.

As can see above, these new models of Garmin marine gps/plotters is
said to support AIS. Any cooments?

Pascal