OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, a 135-foot Dubois aluminum sloop completed a circumnavigation that included a visit to Antarctica and a deep soak in the high latitudes. Interestingly, her most persistent challenge during this time wasn't plying the high seas, but rather accommodating her increasingly data-hungry guests. The trouble, explains Capt. Mike Lawrence, is that Destination sails with as many as 20 guest-owned wireless devices operating on the yacht's network, which also has to support the vessel's navigational and operational data needs, f The solution, Lawrence says, was to upgrade the yacht's dual KVH Vll-IP satellite-communications antennas to KVH's Vll-HTS antennas, which provide significantly faster service, dual channels and-thanks to their operating frequencies-a massive coverage footprint.
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