On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:26:29 -0700, Paul Cassel wrote:

Ken Marino wrote:
Fairly new to the group. My wife and I purchased a 40' sailboat about 6
months ago and are ready for our first long trip, We plan to spend 2-3
months in the Florida keys and Bahamas--mostly the latter. Any
suggestions on a reasonably priced ( I know cheap is out of the
question ) phone and or data plans out there? Many thanks in advance
for any and all suggestions. Also open to starting an ongoing exchange
of experiences with any who have done or are doing similar trips.

I cruised this area using my Verizon standard plan phone. It worked
withing sight of land just fine. How far offshore are you planning on
needing a telephone?

Thanks Paul, how bad were the per minute charges while in the Bahamas?

"Sir Thomas of Cannondale" wrote:
Wait,, you have the money for a 40' yacht and you want to know what marine
telephone to use?

%^$4^*()64#$%%^$#

That' all I can tell ya.


What a back porch Bolshevik... anybody who seems to be richer than him
****es him off.

DSK

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:47:26 -0800, dougking888 wrote:

"Sir Thomas of Cannondale" wrote:
Wait,, you have the money for a 40' yacht and you want to know what
marine telephone to use?

%^$4^*()64#$%%^$#

That' all I can tell ya.


What a back porch Bolshevik... anybody who seems to be richer than him
****es him off.

DSK

I was being polite and not saying the same thing. thanks for saying it
for me!!!!!!

On Jan 4, 5:37*am, Ken Marino wrote:
Fairly new to the group. My wife and I purchased a 40' sailboat about 6
months ago and are ready for our first long trip,

Hello Ken:

If you havent already I urge with the most politness, please do a
Group Search here using the words "Skip & Lydia". Then order the hits
by date begining with the earliest. Very intereting reading about a
couple who follow thier dream.......... but not advice.......then
stick their boat on the on the rocks.... uhhh, reef.

I am also assuming that you have spent six months sailing your new
boat out of yor home port daily in all typs of weather.... including
Small Craft Warnings.

Bob

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:35:17 -0800, Bob wrote:

On Jan 4, 5:37Â*am, Ken Marino wrote:
Fairly new to the group. My wife and I purchased a 40' sailboat about 6
months ago and are ready for our first long trip,

Hello Ken:

If you havent already I urge with the most politness, please do a Group
Search here using the words "Skip & Lydia". Then order the hits by date
begining with the earliest. Very intereting reading about a couple who
follow thier dream.......... but not advice.......then stick their boat
on the on the rocks.... uhhh, reef.

I am also assuming that you have spent six months sailing your new boat
out of yor home port daily in all typs of weather.... including Small
Craft Warnings.

Bob

Thanks Bob, Don't have a lot of sailing experience myself, but my wife
has sailed 33 and 62 foot boats extensively through the BAHAMAS. She has
weathered 2 hurricanes on the boat (at anchorage both times). We did
sail this boat down from Maryland when we bought it, in some pretty nasty
weather.

Wayne.B wrote in
:

Coconut Telegraph. They also have a ham radio net on SSB:

0800 Coconut Telegraph 4003 KHz USB



4003 is NOT, repeat NOT in the ham radio bands! Utter your ham callsign on
4003 and you'll soon be dealing with FCC correspondence you'll regret.

Use your Ship Station License on 4003, which is dubiously legal.

Larry
--
Next time some broker tells you what a great investment he's selling,
ask him about Rhodium, a shiny metal used in Catalytic Converters.
Jan 1st 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Rhodium $452 $1341 $3006 $5339 $6775 PER OUNCE!
How much longer can we pay for new cars at this rate?
Feb '97 it was $182/oz

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:01:17 -0600, Ken Marino
wrote:

I cruised this area using my Verizon standard plan phone. It worked
withing sight of land just fine. How far offshore are you planning on
needing a telephone?

My standard Verizon phone worked enroute to Hawaii on a cruise ship.
No screwing around, it just worked normally. No extra charge, the ship
seems to have just had its very own cell. A satellite figures into
this somewhere, I am sure.

Casady

The guy boat a 40' boat, but he can't figure out what phone to use ..

And that makes me a what?


wrote in message
...
"Sir Thomas of Cannondale" wrote:
Wait,, you have the money for a 40' yacht and you want to know what
marine
telephone to use?

%^$4^*()64#$%%^$#

That' all I can tell ya.


What a back porch Bolshevik... anybody who seems to be richer than him
****es him off.

DSK

On Jan 4, 8:00 pm, "Sir Thomas of Cannondale"
wrote:
The guy boat a 40' boat, but he can't figure out what phone to use ..

And that makes me a what?


It makes you a person who makes unhelpful and uncalled-for comments in
a public forum.

How many things have *you* asked advice about here.... things that you
"couldn't figure out"?

IIRC you have often gotten snippy when given advice/info that didn't
suit your prejudices; and you have not only often griped about how
much boat-stuff costs but made snarky comments about others more
expensive boats & gear (hence my remark about your Bolshevik
tendencies).

I followed this thread because it's a subject I'd like to learn more
about myself.. so tell us about *your* SSB/fax/ham, sat phone, or hi-
gain cell phone rig.

DSK

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:00:29 +0000, Sir Thomas of Cannondale wrote:

The guy boat a 40' boat, but he can't figure out what phone to use ..

And that makes me a what?


wrote in message
news:6daa0e4e-5a6f-472d-98fd-
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"Sir Thomas of Cannondale" wrote:
Wait,, you have the money for a 40' yacht and you want to know what
marine
telephone to use?

%^$4^*()64#$%%^$#

That' all I can tell ya.


What a back porch Bolshevik... anybody who seems to be richer than him
****es him off.

DSK


THANKS FOR ALL YOUR POSITIVE FEEDBACK sir thomas. Just for your info,
buying a used 40' sailboat does not make you a wealthy person. Also, the
wealthiest person in the world should be smart enough to ask questions
about cellular communications and internet availability in a part of the
world they have never been to. Not all areas of the world come up to the
perfect standards of communication you find in your little world.