Salt air takes a toll....on EVERYTHING....outside AND inside the cabin. Gallivant lives in the Puget Sound, a salt water sound but the open ocean salt air has been taking a real toll. I don't know all the why's....maybe it's just .....saltier. the sat phone when in its charging cradle was acting up. Coming on then blip start over again.....then again..........and again.....etc. Ya know the little connector pin thingy's on the bottom of your cell phone for charging and connecting to you computer? Well I had a thought that maybe a good connection wasn't happening. I had used Dielectric grease through out Gallivant when installing all of the electronics on her as an ounce of prevention and man am I glad that I did! Just a touch of the goo was all it needed to come alive and stay that way. Latter we had an external antennae thing giving us fits. I thought it was the satellites beam being blocked by the sails and I still believe that is part of it, but a touch of goo on the antennae connection and we are not perfect all the time but much much better. Ocean voyage?......dielectric grease, don't leave home without it. (or duct tape, 3M 5200, hat, etc. etc.etc.................)