Our Departure / Communication While at Sea
Buoy 'N Sea
Phil and Trish Littman
Sun 18 Nov 2007 04:26
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Buoy N Sea is scheduled to depart with the high
tide at 2:30PM on Sunday, November 18th. This will be our last post from
land.
We intend to post regular updates to this blog
while at sea. The blogging site we are using also allows
us to send our coordinates and have them plotted on the map.
This is made possible through the smart use of a
water proof digital camera, an Iridium Satellite phone, a laptop, and
compression software from Mailasail. Note that the data transmission rate on the
Sat phone is 2400bps and airtime charges are astronomically high ($3-$5/minute).
Therefore, our posts will include more text than pics. When we return, we will
post links to many more higher resolution pictures and video taken both at sea
and in St. Martin. Various reasons may explain
why we are unable to communicate directly from sea. Rough weather may preoccupy
us, electronic equipment may fail. If that happens, we will be in communication
with Trish on land who will be able to post updates.
We're all very excited and a bit restless waiting
to get underway.
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