Communications - qualifier

• Boat VHF (with GPS input and AIS/DSC)
• waterproof rugged iridium Satellite phone + SIM card with 500 prepaid minutes and a Wifi center to connect laptop
• Cell phone (closer to land it will be the most helpful item ;-))
• Hand Held VHF for the boat
• Hand Held VHF attached to self with lanyard with GPS coordinate and DSC calling
• Spare Hand Held VHF with GPS in grab bag
• Laptop with sailmail
• SPOT device so you can track Elise online :) - I need to figure out how that works though...
• SSB Receiver (so that I can listen to chatter but that's about it...)