[bergie]

We're using Meshtastic quite extensively for communication on our boat. Each crew member carries a mobile waterproof node (Seeed T1000e), the boat itself has a node, and we also have a Meshtastic tracker for the dinghy.

We often sail in places where there's no communication infrastructure, or it is prohibitively expensive. With Meshtastic we can talk when somebody goes ashore, and the boat can send telemetry and alerts to the remote crew.

Some of our buddy boats also have Meshtastic on board so we can text chat with them instead of using VHF.

Here's a story describing this: https://blog.noforeignland.com/off-grid-boat-communications-...

[Zenst]

The only real problem I foresee with this use(fantastic use case btw) is if you travel across regions, does the kit currently get automatically switched to correct frequencies and power limits?

[bergie]

No, you need to switch the region manually. Not a big deal to do for a couple of nodes.

The trickier part is to figure out the correct preset for more exotic locations. I've had to ask a couple of times from the local Meshtastic community group.

[ProllyInfamous]

This is really cool; it's the merchant marine equivalent of the flight park near me which uses meshtastic for glider tracking/comms (secondary).

Lots of LoRa stations nearby.