I activated Illusion‘s SPOT device, a personal locator beacon, a few days ago and set up our subscription. SPOT is a satellite tracking device, which we will activate when we are under sail for safety purposes. Brian and I debated for months whether or not to go with a SPOT or an epirb, but seeing as we are mostly going to be island hopping and aren’t planning to cross any oceans at this time, we felt that the SPOT would suffice. It also has quite a few bonus features, such as the tracking you see on the map above, and the ability to send a short predetermined message to let family and friends know that you are safe. How neat! Now you can follow on our journey on a google map! (I will also put a live map on my Trip page – click here – so you can access it straight through the website in the future.)
very cool – and i am learning so much from you!
And I am learning so much as well. Much of this is new to me too.