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September 2011www.marinelink.com 43OMalley & Crew Celebrate 60 @ Sea? Staying Connected with iSatPhonePROBy Greg Trauthwein Timing, they say, is everything, and this proved true when I had an informal lunch in mid-June 2011 with INMASAT?s FrankAugust in New ork City. At the time I was preparing for a personal sailing trip throughthe Mediterranean Sea between Sardinia andCorsica, and Frank immediately sensed theopportunity to outfit me and the crew of Summer Jam with the new Inmarsat iSat-PhonePfor testing at sea (pictured below). In short, the iSatPhoneP, which is IN-MASAT?s first global handheld, performed seamlessly and as advertised lightweight but powerful, with the ability to gain and hold a strong signal in conditions good and bad.TheiSatPhoneP was purpose-built to de- livers clear voice quality, designed to work in just about any conditions with no worries about battery life because it is designed tooffer up to 8 hours talk time and 100 hours of standby. While it is hard to compare the rig- ors of a working vessel with those of a 9-ft. sailboat operating between Sardinia, Italyand Corsica, France, it is fair to report that if you seek a rugged handset with long batterylife and reliability of signal and communci-ation, theiSatPhoneP is worth considera- tion.www.isatphonelive.com iSatPhonePRO DimensionsLength: 170mmWidth: 54mm Depth: 39mmWeight 279g - incl. battery Interfaces Micro USB Audio socketAntenna port Bluetooth 2.0 The iSatPhonePROwas recently put to the test at sea by Maritime Reporter. henohn C. Malley , current owner and publisher, was born on ul , , Maritime Reporter Engineering ews had alreadypublished for more than a doen years, founded in 199 as Maritime ctivit Reports by John?s grandfather, ohn . Malley . From the beginning the mandate of the publication was fairly simple to deliver credible and insightful maritime business information to the largest possible audience of maritime decision makers, including ship and boat owners, ship and boat builders, naval architects and marine engineers. John C. has dedicated the bulk of his professional career to growing the family business, and since taking the helm from his father and uncle in the early 1990s, has grown the business from a single title to a multi-dimensional media company, complete with four marine industry print publi- cations including Maritime Reporter Engineering ews , which today is the world?s largest circulation audited marine publication with a global circulation of more than6,000 -- more than half a doen websites; specialty publi- cation creation and management; as well as trade show and conference ownership and management. As he has made his life on and from the sea, it was fitting that on the occasion of John C.?s 60th birthday, a group of colleagues and friends joined him on a celebratory sailing adventure aboard a 9-ft. sailboat off the coasts of Italy and France last month. Sailing the Mediterranean Sea between Sardinia, Italy, and Corsica, France onboard the 9-ft. bare- boat charter sailboat ummer am(pictured far left) were a crew including colleagues from our U.S. headquarters, in- cluding myself; ob oward , Vice President of Sales Marketing; ladiir Bibik , Manager, Information Tech- nology Services; plus four friends from Switerland hoas othenberger ,Marco aponi ,uerg oth andSion Weisser .The journey began over the July weekend in the small port town of Olbia, situated on the Northeast corner of Sar- dinia, an approximate hour flight time from ome. The trek took a Northwest path hugging the coast of Sardinia, withovernight stays in the ports of Portisco on Sardinia, Boni- facio on the Southern tip of Corsica, and a Maddalena, a picturesque small Italian island straight across the Sardin- ian port town of Palau. eautwei (L to R) John OMalley, Rob Howard and Vladimir Bibik explore Bonafacio, France. The waters between Sar- dinia, Italy and Corsica, France are teaming with com- mercial, government and personal vessel traffic ... notably one yacht bigger than the next!(Images: Greg Trauthwein & Vladimir Bibik) W