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.

David,

I have your route plugged into Predict Wind. Assume destination is Honalulu? I will try to send you a daily text of about 25 characters and assume you average about 6 knots. The text will give you predicted wind speed and direction at your predicted position approximately 24 and 48 hours ahead. Can do 72 or 96 hours if your budget will stretch that far. Let me know what you want.

Thus assuming you depart on 1st November then your first forecast will read as follows:
02/11 23:11 10.6kn 77degT
03/11 13:26 11.9kn 106degT

David is that the kind of information you want? Let me know if you want anything else or if you would prefer less frequent or more frequent texts.

Simon