Track Maggie Drum using Yotreps Reporting

I just added a link to the left at the top of the blog called "Track WCZ6559". WCZ6559 is our ship´s radio callsign and is how the different vessels tracked by Yotreps (no clue where that name came from) which is at www.pangolin.co.nz if you want to see the home site.

If you click on the link "Track WCZ6559" it will take you to a Yotreps webpage with a list of many vessels around the world who report in to the service. We send our position reports when we do email with our high frequency single-side-band radio so we can do it while we are underway anywhere. We will try to update it often but no guarantees. NOTE: don´t assume we have had a problem if you don´t see an update everyday or every week.

When you pick the link, you can pick whether you want to see just the last two weeks reports (the default) or you can select 4 weeks, 6 months, or a year. We only have the one report right now so it does not matter now but will later as we go. Then scroll down the list until you get to "WCZ6559" near the bottom (long list). Select "track" where you see "WCZ6559 Maggie Drum" and it will bring up a world map showing where we are (last dot and line) and where we have been. The length of the line is supposed to indicate our speed - the longer the line the faster we have gone over the period. We are slow so don´t expect long lines! We may give you some other vessel ID´s of friends near us so you can look to see where they are too if you care. The site is not terribly user-friendly but it´s free.

Right now we are the single red dot without a speed line since we are anchored at Zihuatanejo, Mexico. In three weeks or so we be headed west and you can follow along.

If you have any problems email us and we will try to help or fix the problem. I am not sure why the link is a lighter color font than the other links?!

Another great service brought to you by Joe & Cindy.