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General advice from experienced cruisers on how to handle mail forwarding, banking correspondence, and postal or courier services
[SetSail, 19 September 2003]
[Vendor]
Mail and fax forwarding service and phone message center. They also claim they can set up a tax-free residence for you in Florida. Clients include RV′ers, Armed Forces Personnel, Contract Workers, Sailors, Small Businesses and over-the-road Truckers.
[American Home Base, Inc., Pensacola, FL, USA]
Company makes discount marina slip reservations for members, helps plan routes, supplies maps, charts and itineraries. Strong on the U.S. East Coast, growing elsewhere. Publishes an 80-page directory of marinas.
[Marinalife, LLC, USA]
Mail forwarding from an Australian address. No junk mail culling, change your forwarding address whenever you want. Specializes in backpackers, yachties, caravanners, and all "gypsy" travelers.
[Landbase Australia, Gosford, NSW, Australia]
These people will forward (after tossing the junk) your mail plus mail for your temporary guests, relay emergency messages, renew your annual USCG documentation sticker, pay your bills, deposit incoming checks, and handle special situations. You can contact them by SSB,
[Voyagers Mail Inc., Islamorada, FL, USA]
U.S. postal address and mail/package forwarding outside the U.S. Provides on-line account information and management.
[Mailbox Exchange, La Habra, CA, USA]
Physical street address in Nevada, with mail forwarding to anywhere in the world.
[Postal Depot, USA]
Mail forwarding on any frequency. Offers eleven addresses around the world. Not a yachting specialist.
[International Mail Forwarding Network, New York, NY, USA]
Provides a UK base for cruising yachtsmen which collects and forwards mail, sources spare parts, charts/pilots etc, as well as offering a variety of other services
[Ship to Shore, Winchester, UK]
Founded in 1909 to handle mail for gold prospectors in Alaska, this company provides mailbox rental and forwarding, as well as various related services.
[Wanderers' Mail Service, Seattle, WA, USA]
I have used a mail forwarding service for many years, even when living aboard at a marina for extended periods. I found it more convenient than changing addresses every so often.
Michael Frankel
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