AirMail Test Blog

Hi all,

I am sitting on the boat at Brickyard Cove working on our comms. We are thiiiiiis close to all the technology working working, but the internet is very slow and the software a little glitchy. To top it off my phone has zero reception at the marina, so I have limited ability to trouble-shoot.

I thought I'd take the time, though, to test out the email-to-blog-through-iridium-go setup and be sure that is working. It is surprisingly one of the easier things to accomplish on the computer from the boat. Who'd have thought?

Raife took me to the airport very early Saturday (thank you, Raife!), and after Lori picked me up and we had a quick breakfast, we got to work on boat projects and went for a short sail to confirm the autopilot is working as planned. We are making really good progress and making lots of decisions together, although we still have the typical last-minute to-do list. While I am here, Lori is at home working on final packing of the ditch bag, organizing tools, and some food provisioning.

The forecast is looking rather light, at least for the start of the race, although it is early enough that we are not making too many specific plans just yet.

For now, I am back to trying to get our GPS position to show up in Expedition (our navigation software). Wish me luck!

Cathy

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