Does anyone have any views on the relative merits of satellite trackers/communicators Spot, Yellowbrick, Delorme In Reach etc.

Has there been previous Forum discussion on these devices. Do any of them allow access to weather forecasting?

John,

I thought Predict Wind was brilliant too but the forecasts I was sending David were, apparently, wide of the mark. It maybe that there is such a paucity of observational data in that region of the Pacific that the generated forecasts are based on foundations are too flimsy to extrapolate. I am sure that it 's fine for predicting big weather systems there but David was making a trade wind passage and I think it was the finer tuning of strength and direction that let David down. I am sure he will add further comments.

Simon