When we decided to buy a boat and living aboard i was a little too scared but i'll talk about that later. Today i am going to talk about communication on board.
MAIL. Living aboard make everything so easy but cruising is another story. It is very important that before you're sailing off, arrange either with he post office to hold your mail or arrange with a neighbor to collect it.
When a letter arrives at the collecting box, of course there is no need for extra stamps. Only if letters have come on the internal mail service, sometimes they requires extra stamps on the envelope to make up the extra airmail charge. The other situation is where you want your mail sent. Yacht Clubs and marinas around the world are very helpful. A different problem occurs when you mail is delayed because some Yacht Clubs may decide to return all your mail to the sender.
If you need specific information, you should ask your post office for the Postal Union mail pamphlet, which is very helpful and it will be what the collecting box need. With some developing countries, you better register everything. I can say in most countries ordinary mail is safe but when mailing letters out of a doubtful country, get the post office to frank the stamp in front of you.
TELEPHONE. It would be so nice to have a satellite phone. They can be a little expensive but solve all your problems if you want to call anywhere even overseas. However, there are few countries still not connected by satellite communications. If you are in a marina you can use the collect calls or Skype, i really enjoy Skype calls.FAX. More and more countries now provide some sort of fax facilities for the general public. Ask at the local post office of any large town.
RADIO. You don't need anything fancy. Tune in to shortwave radio. You can find radios that give you adequate coverage all over the world. The BBC has the larges worldwide audience but it carries programs about its home country, UK and it also coverage daily basis of international events from all parts of the developed and developing countries. The voice of America give first class coverage of U.S. sports, news for expatriates overseas. Reception is usually excellent.
NEWS. If you want news from the outside of the world, Time and Newsweek are sold in most towns which have some English-speaking tourist industry.
Living aboard make you appreciate life, nature and the world.
Start the dream .... Cruising &. Living aboard!!
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