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Didn’t mean to suggest that they couldn’t provision their system to stop people from using their terminals while in motion, only that they don’t presently have that capability. Dish is trying to force them to add it, not because people using Starlink terminals in motion interferes with their...

The FCC’s jurisdiction is primarily territorial, but the also have to the power to regulate ships of the United States anywhere in the world for certain purposes. Starlink has applications pending FCC approval to use their licensed spectrum to communicate with terminals in motion. As a practical...

Kicked the tires on a Selene 53 the other day. Beautiful boat but tiny engine room. Access through master stateroom also a downside.

The problem is that Dish (and Viasat and Hughes and Sirius) can’t compete against physics. The speed of light means that geostationary satellites will always have nearly a second of round trip latency for two way communication. They work fine for broadcast applications, but once you have a fast...

Certain FLIR thermal cameras are supposed to offer floating object detection with the Clearcruise augmented reality feature of Raymarine MFDs. Don’t know if anything similar is available for Garmin. https://www.flir.com/products/m232/?vertical=maritime&segment=solutions

There is a picture of the design you are talking about in Beebe’s “Voyaging Under Power.”

Counting down the days until June 17th departure for Sunshine Coast and Desolation Sound. My wife and I are both planning to work remotely via Starlink into July, float planing back and forth to Seattle as needed. From what I’m reading we won’t be the only people with the same idea. I’m hoping...

I’ve been investigating the Quick MC2 gyro stabilizers for my NT 37. Smaller, cheaper, no through-hull cooling required, come in both AC and DC models. Sounds too good to be true! Lots of talk but haven’t yet found anybody who has tried them on my or a comparable model boat.

If you really want to go full Hollywood try ditching the AC powered Starlink router and run the dish off DC/PoE per these instructions from SV Renaissance. I can vouch that it works!

You can buy the mounts and other accessories through the "Shop" link on your account page.

Here’s my solution. I used a couple of Mantus rail clamps and the Starlink wall mount. If you ditch the plastic mounting plates on the Mantus clamps the bolts fit perfectly into the Starlink mount. I’ve got the cable zip tied to the rail and turned around the edge of the salon roof overhang for...

You are completely correct that these discussions do tend to drift like a tug with electric thrusters in a cross breeze, and also that there is not much down side beyond the extra weight of the batteries to installing a stern thruster if you can afford it. But I wasn't saying that one should...

Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t tear one out if I had one! Just don’t miss not having it as much as I thought I would. Don’t the electronic controls usually have a low-speed mode that gives you finer control over the low RPMs? I was thinking of retrofitting to replace my mechanical controls so...

I chartered a Nordic 42 with bow and stern thrusters before I bought my 37 with bow thruster only. I came from a twin engine background and really relied on the stern thrusters to get the 42 where I wanted it to go. For the most part at least. Between the windage and the mass of the 42 the...

Here is how I believe it works: The Telecommunications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. § 351) requires any non-exempt "Ship of the United States" that is "navigated on the open sea" to have a radio and a station license. Section 403(i) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 authorized the FCC to exempt...

My pick in this price range would be a well-kept Marshall-built Californian 42 LRC. They come on the market reasonably often, but they don’t stick around.

Or as Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police, is supposed to have said: “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” (Canadians are much nicer.)

Good point. Does registering an EPIRB with a BoatUS MMSI have the same effect?

Law, according to one famous formulation, is a command backed by a threat. My understanding is that US law requires you to have an FCC station license and operator’s permit to use your VHF radio outside the US, but there are no US authorities there to enforce it. The Canadians don’t require US...

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Success with the straight DC install! Getting good speed despite best-effort service in waitlisted Seattle and partially obstructed sky backed halfway out from my covered slip. Can even access the app and stow the dish via the management interface over my Peplink router. Thanks to SV Renaissance...

Another +1 for the Fujinon stabilized binocs. Worth every penny, especially for wildlife viewing. Once you’ve used them you can’t go back.

Good to know! I’m finishing up my DC install at the dock in Seattle and haven’t fires it up to test it out yet. When I bought my unit I entered a service address in a remote cell in Eastern Washington. I’m sure I would have been very confused and distraught if it had stopped working as soon as I...

You can connect the square dish to your router as a WAN, either using the optional Ethernet adaptor, or directly with a little bit of cable crimping and a POE adapter. Or so I’ve read and hope. https://svrenaissance.com/musings-about-starlink/

No, there were 42s on the market in my price range when I bought my 37 and it was a better boat for my needs for the reasons I said. Plus I had an extra hundred thousand dollars of boat budget to play with for extras and upgrades. But I won’t claim that it wasn’t a close decision, and for many...