The fishing and shipping industries use VSAT broadband services today, but these systems start at $25,000, may run $1,000 or more for airtime, and are too large for most users. Future services sound fantastic — like SpaceX’s Starlink or Amazon’s Project Kuiper — but are not ready for prime time yet. This means your best option is still L-band services from Iridium or Inmarsat.
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Stay Connected
Satellite phones have evolved a full ecosystem of gear and services
Respecting Paradise
Thoughts on voyaging responsibly
Yankee sails on
The steel ketch Yankee in the Connecticut River.
TRANSPAC RACE PREP
How a group of determined mostly military veterans built a race team
NOAA upgrades its global weather model
More data and a better global weather model should make for improved weather distributed to users, like this temperature gradient map.
From North Sea fishing to Sea of Cortez voyaging
The former Dutch fishing vessel turned power voyaging yacht Varnebank in Mexican waters.
Chatter Chartroom
IN 2019, MY HUSBAND, DOUG PASNIK, AND I RACED OUR first Transpac together with a team of 10 on our Andrews 70, Trader, comprised primarily of military veterans (see story on page 22). This year we are doing the race again and inviting four mentees from The Magenta Project to race with us.
Doing it all with one screen
The steering station on this Gunboat cat is equipped with large-screen B&G Zeus MFDs.
Don't scrimp when it comes to the crimp
Solid crimp connections make your power voyager’s electrical system more reliable.
Chartroom Chatter
Maritime Publishing acquires Ocean Navigator
Strymon
Iridium Amp and IR Cab Pedal
Satellite Control
Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants, part of the Capgemini Group, have announced a collaboration that will exploit Iridium’s state-of-the-art satellite communications to safely control unmanned aerial vehicles from a central control hub.
INDIA HOSPITALITY COLLECTIVE
USP of top Indian hotels and why we love them
Iridium sat phones, Wi-Fi thermal imagery tools find way to J&K terror groups
Fifteen signatures of Iridium satellite phone
Let us talk about the price point
LEO, MEO, ICO, or GSO satellites? The government needs to take a serious look at how effective any of these could be for India before saying yes
Wedding Bells!
PICKING UP A VENUE FOR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL AS STRESSFUL. DO NOT FRET ANYMORE, WHETHER YOU PICK A PLACE BY THE SEA OR A ROOFTOP VIEW, THESE HOTELS MENTIONED HERE ARE BOUND TO MAKE YOUR WEDDING DAY A MEMORABLE ONE.
Space Junk: A Catastrophe On The Horizon
More and more junk is cluttering space, threatening our satellites and rockets.