It's still a little soon but it would be interesting to know how LongPac skippers plan to report in.

I took my SSB last time but the backstay connection blew off and it was too high (and too rough) to attempt a reconnect - first time that's happened and it won't happen again. I was out of VHF range for much of the race and didn't know what was going on until the photo boat told me as I approached the finish line. Kinda cool actually, but I'm weird that way.

I'm thinking I'll rent a satphone if I go this year - pretty cheap for a week's rental.