Cheaper and more effective than it was our last time out, the Globalstar satellite phone passed our test.

By Scott Rosenthal

Last summer, we set out again aboard Willow, our 1980 Bristol 40 yawl, for our annual summer voyage. The trip — from Baltimore to the Turks and Caicos Islands via Bermuda, and then back to Baltimore — is a 3,000-mile jaunt that we covered in two months time. Trips like this can be a real proving ground for the boat and its equipment. This time we’re taking a second look at products we reviewed in the past, plus a couple of new toys for us, including an iPod. …