I 'ver just seen the Yellowbrick advertisement in the latest FF, so I looked at their website. It seems to have come of age. No longer a Big Yellow Brick, but a small, rugged device with minimal power consumption, and a sensible purchase price, monthly fee and usage structure. It would give me what I 'm looking for - the ability to keep the folks back home aware of my position, and to send and receive SMS-style messages, when out of range of 3G.
I 'm tempted.
Is anyone using one?
David.

I have a Yellow Brick Tracker. http://live.adventuretracking.com/serendipity It is very reliable - does what it says on the tin.

A few points on this thread.

1 Mine is wired into the boat electronics - so doesnt need to be reacharged

2 The weather overlay feature on the AZAB and World ARC is paid for by those organisations. It does not come with the basic kit.

3 Commercial Fleet managers fit them to their vessels to enable then to track them. Global coverage

4 Some yacht rally organisers do too. They fitted them in the current world ARC. It was a new smaller version which had problems with leakage and failure. Some WorldARC boats had had several replacementzs fitted by the time they left Australia. HOwever, YB think they have it fixed - Oyster are running their own rally starting next year and Yellow Brick have given assuracnes that the problem is fixed.