Blair and I sailed south the from Dominica to St. Pierre. Finally we got the sails up, and it was a great sail across the 35 NM from Dominica to Martinique. Since we had 7 hours for the crossing, I decided that I would give it a go, and FINALLY start to really learn how to use my Garmin Inreach. I'd had the Garmin for over 2 years. I kinda knew how to use it both with charting routes and sending an SOS. But I had gotten so frustrated with the system, that I had stopping using it over the last month. NOW ... I had the time to actually PLAY with it, without the pressure of learning a bunch other things on the boat at the same time. I decided to send myself the messages. Why I didn't start out this way.. I have no idea. BUT.. After practicing a bit, I was finally able see what our contacts see when I send a email message via GARMIN InREACH. 

Here is what you will get when I send you an EMAIL from my Garmin InREACH. 

Do NOT hit just reply to the email. You'll need to click the link as I have circled in Yellow. 

This link will take you to the next page that looks like this. This is a Map of my exact location when I sent the email. 

I am limited to the number of messages I can send each month, so please don't be offended if I don't send you a message with my current location. 

Click on the Message or hit Send Reply from the MAP format. This will take you to the next format so you can send me a message to my Garmin InReach Device. 

Sorry this is a complicated system. Garmin doesn't make it quick, BUT if we ever had to leave the boat in an Emergency I am able to contact Family, Friends and Search & Rescue..