Pink Sands and Data Blues: Struggling with the Iridium Go! Exec (SVGaruda Ep25)

In this episode we finally get to explore the famous pink sands of Harbour Island while struggling with data blues: not able to get our PredictWind DataHub and brand new iridium Go! Exec to play well together. A little bit of play and a boat project... something for everyone.
We’ve relocated a bit to the South; just down from the Glass Window Bridge to Governors Harbor. We really enjoyed this place (and the people we encountered here). It was a MUCH NEEDED change of scenery and activities for us. Not only did we restock the pantry, we also refueled our generator and outboard, and rented a car for a day to cover parts of Eleuthera that we were previously unable to experience due to our hiding from the wind. It’s a MAKE UP episode, so to speak, where we drive back North to Harbour Island.
“Bri’Land,” as the local call it, is a wonderfully exotic, English seacoast village with a 3 mile pink sand beach that is ranked in the top 10 beaches of the world. Swanky resorts cater to the rich and famous (in other words, “not us”) and celebrity sitings are frequent… just don’t expect any cheese on your quesadilla. 🤣
Back in Governors Harbor, we partake in a Family Island tradition: The Friday Night Fish Fry - a community-wide charity event with “Rum Bubba’s” (you should only have one of these), grilled fish and bar-b-q’d meats, and a DJ in the street. We had a great time sharing this event with new found friends (one of the greatest parts of cruising the world)!
Oh…I also review one of the most frustrating projects I’ve encountered on Garuda - largely because there’s really nothing for me to do - trying to get a brand new Iridium Go! Exec to work with a PredictWind DataHub. Arrrg!
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[@lindahelton6650]

The water is beautiful!

[@annecompagnion1970]

So cool. We met you at the Fish Fry!! Now we will follow your adventures. Fair winds ⛵️

[@sailinggaruda]

Anne!! So great to hear from you - hope your whole crew enjoyed the trip.
Fair winds to you as well, sailor. Thanks for watching. 😉

[@markriley1362]

Don't know if coming in at low tide or leaving at high tide was the worst! Haha

[@lindahelton6650]

Was that you on the horses? ❤️

[@pduffy710]

Are any devices able to connect to the Exec WiFi? I had an issue where an LCD screen placed too closely to the Exec RF connections wiped out the Exec WiFi signal. Solution was to move the LCD screen about a foot away from the Exec.

[@johndavidson6867]

Sounds to me that you have a communications protocol mismatch. You would need the data string each unit sends to initiate a connection, I don't know how you get,