No, many boats already have everything they need to use SeaMail. A Yes, SeaMail Ship is provided free of charge to help manage your mailbox and billing records. How much does the service cost. Using Pactor under good conditions you can send up to 3500 characters - 2 pages of text. With GTOR almost twice that amount can be sent.
Poor conditions result in longer transmission times.
A The designers of SeaMail are cruising sailors. The Service is run by Xaxero Marine Software Engineering Ltd New Zealand, in conjunction with Coast radio stations NikoRadio ZKRT Rarotonga and Penta Comstat VZX New South Wales. A Just log on using your marine call sign. You will be transmitted a registration form which can be filled in and sent back free of charge. You may at once start sending traffic.