Communication Channels to and from Boran on Tour
via satellite
= everywhere on the planet
(2) Tracking / Messages (focus on messages)
a) https://share.garmin.com/Touringtest 1
b) MarineTraffic position updates for Blues (new_) 2
c) Telegram Group: Traces of Boran 1
(3) Urgent Email (160 character max!) 1
via GSM (mobile) networks, Wi-Fi or other landlines
= only when I am close to the shore or at land
(4) Standard Telegram (proven_)
(5) Standard Email (proven_)
(6) Standard Mobile Phone (GSM, proven_)
(7) Blog, Photos and Videos (not so frequent updates)
a) Telegram Group: “Love + Liberty Lines” Blog (outdated)
b) Wordpress https://boran.travel.blog (outdated)
c) Photo Album “Blues” (mostly about the sailboat) (up to date)
c) Photo Album “Maru” (mostly about the sailboat) (history)
d) Photo Album “Touring-Test” (photo blog of my journey) (up to date)
e) “Love + Liberty Lines” videos at Rumble (mostly sailing) (outdated)
f) Find-a-Crew “boat” profile (for re-crew-ting)
Notes
Devices
For redundancy (backup) I am using two different Satellite communicator devices (inReach Explore and inReach Mini 2). Both have more or less the same communication features but they are configured to use different [SAT] channels as listed below. Should one device break then I can still send my location and communicate via the other channel(s).
(1) => Explore
(2), (3) => Mini 2
Email Gateways
On each device there is an email gateway active.
For the Explore device, I can only send out emails but not receive them. Outgoing Emails include a note “Antworten Sie nicht direkt auf diese Nachricht.” It means that you cannot reply by email, but you can use a browser interface for sending text messages to my Explore. It is the same feature that you can also find on the map (1).
For the Mini 2 device, I have a 2-way gateway. This means that I can send and receive Email. You can reply to Emails with the Subject “Mail from Boran”. This is channel (3). Please note that only the first 160 characters of your message (including subject line) will get through to me!