Did STARLINK Just Stop Working On SAILBOATS?! Ep 226 - Lady K Sailing

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In this episode of Lady K Sailing, we talk about Starlink on Sailboats and how the new Starlink prioces and plans impact Starlink offshore and Starlink on boats. We talk about Starlink RV and Starlink Roam and how far offshore Starlink is. We talk about Starlink Bahamas and Starlink Carribean and explore internet on a boat and what your options are from Iridium Go Sailboat commincations and SSB weather on a sailboat.

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@jamesingalls5003 Год назад

I am watching this video while sailing about 90 miles north from the Mona Passage on my way to San Juan. Enough Said.

@akseakayaker Год назад

Too bad they keep increasing the monthly subscription. In the Mona Passage you could use our AT&T cell phone just fine.

@jasongrinnell1986 Год назад

The point being is it will be changing for you soon.

@tektkite7255 Год назад

because things never change, right? Doofus

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 Год назад

I bought a sextant to avoid musklink I use a carrier pigeon to avoid musklink

@matthaynes9372 Год назад

Just a clarification here. The 50gb maritime plan is 50gb at priority service Priority is the highest speed (residential). All roam plans have the lesser speed ( best available). So the maritime plans give better speed for the first 50gb then the normal roam speed you can verify this in your account plan settings

@bitsurfr46 Год назад

I enjoy watching your channel and listening to your comments. I bought a 1983 Pearson 303 for $10,000 and completely refitted it in the last year for a total investment of about $50,000. After watching several RU-vid sailing videos, I began to believe that I should have bought a bigger boat. But unlike many of the boats you have reviewed, all I want is a coastal cruiser. Also I am 69 years old and sail with a young man who I am teaching how to sail while he does the heavy work. We were just off the St. Augustine inlet the other day and wind picked up from 12 to 19 knots. The Pearson heeled over Oh so gently with a full main it was almost like she was saying, "Thank you.!" I call her "The Great Escape" because she takes me away from the world and its troubles. With everything except the hull and engine updated to 2022, I believe she can take me up and down the East coast in safety and loving kindness.

@AlotOfSunInHeaven Год назад

Bigger boat means more expensive and more extensive repairs and more hours spent maintaining and fewer hours spent cruising. I have a 31 foot Maxi 95 and after refitting it I'm glad I didn't buy a bigger boat.

@philiporourke7896 Год назад

@@AlotOfSunInHeaven don't forget bigger dock fees.

@stephenburnage7687 Год назад

The primary reasons for buying a bigger boat are either because you cruise with a big family OR because you plan long passages and need the extra tankage. If neither of these apply to you, going smaller is definitely the smarter option in terms of maintenance time & expense. My wife and i are full time cruisers, planning on crossing the Atlantic next year, and we are doing it in a 34 ft boat. For coastal cruising 30ft is plenty big enough, and you will get more use and enjoyment out of it than if you had purchased a 40 ft boat.

@SVFresh2Salty Год назад

We found that once we got to 8 knots it stopped working. Other wise it’s been great. Everyone is panicking about the geofencing but starlink won’t risk all the user that have installed it on their boats. We surveyed a few mariners and I would say starlink roam is now on a quarter of all boats

@namechamps Год назад

What risk? Lets say tomorrow SpaceX requires you to switch to $250 Marine plan. What are you going to do instead? Go back to Iridium Go? Switch to paying $2k+ for a traditional marine broadband package?

@namechamps Год назад

@@SVFresh2Salty Amazon or OneWeb aren't going to be any cheaper. If you really use 50GB per day then SpaceX won't shed one tear when you go back to cellular. Of course if you really do use 50GB per day then you are paying a hell of a lot more than $250/mo for cellular. My guess is within six months SpaceX locks down Roam further and despite your claims to drop them you won't you will switch to Maritime because at $250/mo it is still better than anything else. Note the 50GB limit is only offshore. Within range of a ground station it is the same unlimited deprioritized traffic you currently have with Roam.

@SVFresh2Salty Год назад

@@namechamps I wouldn’t pay and I would drop it. I’m a full time cruiser. Simply don’t have the budget for the maritime version. I cruised without it before and more than happy to cruise without it again. I have heard from day one how spacex is going to do this and do that but it hasn’t happened yet and I really don’t believe it will. I also know many of my fellow cruisers who have it would also stop having it again because they simply don’t have the budget for it and would drop it. That is why I don’t believe it will happen and if it does they will back track with the number of people that stop the service.

@Markymarkcy Год назад

@@namechamps ))) Pay up ? E Musk Esq is gambling on you being a willing beta tester, then upgrading

@jaimeogden3306 Год назад

Thanks so much for the consult yesterday Tim. So valuable and helped us with the whole purchasing thing. It was the best one hour of “navigating” the whole process of buying our first boat. With great excitement and a huge thank you. Jaime & Claudia. Love what you are doing with your channel. 🙏

@robertg.2111 Год назад

I was looking for information about Starlink and sailboats, you've answered all my questions and then some. Thank you. Bonjour de Montreal.

@radekdrayco Год назад

Hello fellow Montrealer, I too was looking for into about starlink and sailboats, this video provided the same outcome. Which marina are you based out of, if you don’t mind? I am soon in the market to look for a marina.

@URLWer Год назад

@@radekdrayco I am also a Montrealer ;-) I am currently in Belleville, ON but moving the boat to Ile Perrot. Most marinas and Yacht Clubs have waiting lists. I was about to join a Yacht Club near Cornwall when a place at Ile Perrot became open.

@ianjackson6744 Год назад

have starlink mobile RV (the 2500USD dish but RV plan) installed and ive done charleston to florida and now all around bahamas at 20knts and speeds are as expected from 6mbs all the way up to 350mbs, its amzing sitting 40NM offshore and streaming netflix... actually crazy

@mukymuk3 Год назад

I can already use my android phone in wifi mode and make/receive calls and texts via starlink. I've been in the Bahamas for 4 months now and haven't visited a BTC office once. I lost my rudder on a night passage from the Berry Islands to Eleuthera and called a tow service in Nassau for a tow. I was docked by evening.

@shiningirisheyes Год назад

Thanks from ireland

@TommyApel Год назад

well you could just enable wifi-calling on your phone and then have wifi on the boat in the middle of the pacific and still use you mobile as normal for making phone calls.

@bengordon8778 Год назад

Currently in the berrys 120nm from Florida, no problem with changes in speed or uptime. Will keep updating it’s been a real money saver! Hope it’s not going to be the bait and switch people are talking about.

@sartorst3376 Год назад

Thanks

@markhoene9984 Год назад

When are the next videos coming? You got me hook on your weekly videos. I like the new channel.

@ymk8355 Год назад

The thing is the Maritime version has gone down in price by half for the data monthly charge and by nearly 75% for the hardware. The biggest winner in this will be the big yachts, I mean super-yachts as this is new pricing is peanuts to them. However it will also attract sailors with world wide cruising itineraries as the hardware is jus about double the price of a small TV antenna and the monthly charge what one would pay for very low internet at sea with social media and emails and phone calls. If you are staying in your region as you said (ie North America) I don’t think they would be bothered about it with the RV. I have known of a lad who left Europe and made it all the way to Pacific Costa Rica and had internet all the way through the journey and that was with the residential one.

@martymerkler5472 11 месяцев назад

We all have different needs and requirements. Navigation skills help enormously and should be learned. Always good to have and use technology for critical emergency needs. Internet for business and entertainment varies greatly. But these videos are great information. Thanks!

@Optimistic_Fool Год назад

I am currently 4 nm off Jupiter Inlet sailing at roughly 7 knots heading north (9 knots surfing down small waves) while streaming this video. Just left Bimini a few days ago after a week long stay (gf broke her arm while undocking for the start of a 90 day cruising permit). Sailed south from Topping VA to Dry Tortuga over the last 6 months. It's worked perfectly with no interruptions any place I have gone. Up time is still above 99%. Let's hope starlink doesn't nerf the reason I defended them with the FCC or I won't go to bat for them again. Was offer the Starlink new Maritime / Mobility plan for $250/mo that provides 50GB of Priority data. I will likely upgrade if I have any trouble with connectivity but will feel like a bait and switch at this stage.

@carlthor91 Год назад

Amazon is going to start lofting satellites by the end of the year. To start their service.

@dinghyride Год назад

1500 nm SW of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, at N6, W127. Watching on Starlink in 1.5-2m seas

@svthebayviewcafe7675 Год назад

Proud to be a patron

@namechamps Год назад

Roam CAN be used on the move you just need the same dis as maritime. To be clear the "Maritime dish" isn't Marine only. It is the "High Performance Flat" antenna ($2,500). Both Roam and Maritime have never supported vehicles in motion with the standard dishy. The Standard dishy is certified by the FCC as only FSS (Fixed Satellite Service). It means the provider must take "reasonable" steps to ensure it doesn't work in motion. It seems SpaceX currently caps this at around 10 knots although that could change. The High Performance dish (usable on the move with both Roam and Marine plans) is the first ESIM certified dish. That is Earth Station in Motion. It means Space has proved to FCC satisfaction it won't cause interference even on the move. So short version is Standard Dishy was never not even from day 0 offiically support for use in motion. Likewise RV/Roam has always officially from day one only supported service on land. Now as you know that neither of those are strongly enforced but it could be enforced in the future. So a new boater has three options 1) Buy Standard (Portable) Dishy and Roam service. Cheapest hardware & service Works today (costal and

@BilldalSWE Год назад

I'm in this situation and am going for the standard dishy and global roam service. Worst case and it stops working in the future I only lost 250 for dishy which is only a little bit more than the monthly cost...

@namechamps Год назад

@@BilldalSWE Plus you can likely ebay the dish for a reasonable portion of the purchase price. So it is pretty low risk.

@tom_steiner Год назад

It is my understanding that the marine version can be used offshore. Therefore it requires satellite to satellite communication as there are obviously no POPs (ground stations) in the ocean. Only newer Starlink 1.5 satellites provide this laser data connection. Resources for sat to sat over ocean are limited and thus more expensive. Starlink roaming plan will likely continue to work close to shore and under about 8 knots. For our boat it is a game changer, especially at current prices (300 EUR for dish and 100 EUR per month).

@airmagic2199 Год назад

Well Done!!!! LOVE STARLINK

@thinkcasting3182 Год назад

It's too expensive but when all the lemmings pay the toll the gatekeeper says "hummm, let me see if I can make moar money by charging extra". And the lemming do and cry out, I love starlink, yea!

@kaylaandjimbryant8258 Год назад

Still cheaper than a stabilized dish Inmarsat setup. Equipment and 2yr top tier package with 4g and phone for $(Euros) 28,000, circa 2021 prices. Got that in a lagoon quote as an option. We've been paying close attention to this whole starlink thing for obvious reasons ($$$$$)...

@kaylaandjimbryant8258 Год назад

Non-contractual quotation, of course...

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 Год назад

Wind information is usually right at you standing on deck ! Look around and ahead for the forecast Anything to avoid musklink

@jcoghill2 Год назад

Looks to me like the new dishy doesn't move. The T-mobile thing is accomplished by what in IT is called a Gateway. It's a way of connecting 2 or more networks when each of them have their own proprietary hardware and software. They are a nightmare to work the bugs out which they will be doing once the Gateway is working on the ground. They will be sending out installation crews to install the new equipment in every major city across the world to do that. Which is why I think we aren't there yet. When it goes online you will never know if your call was routed through T-mobile or Starlink, but if your at the bottom of the Grand Canyon you can be pretty sure it went through Starlink.

@MrBobVick Год назад

Sailing Red Seas did a live stream off the coast of Venezuela on the move, and are now in Panama with good Star Link. Think they have the residential package, but it could be the RV.

@daveamies5031 Год назад

So if I'm anchored in Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island, am I "Offshore"? Anchored in a bay is not normally considered offshore, but i'd be a long way from the nearest continent (any continent), having said that I'd also not be too concerned with being de-prioritised, I'd be happy for any affordable internet.

@wanderingwithjenny671 Год назад

Love love love this episode

@namechamps Год назад

The T-Mobile Starlink partnership is going to be a game changer. One would think Iridium would be responding by making plans better at least a lower cost standby/emergency style plan but in fact they raised rates recently. Reminds me of blockbuster video. I would keep my Iridium sat phone as an emergency backup if it was say $500 prepaid annually with US number and say 100 minutes total (ideally

@curtisn6980 Год назад

Crazy right!?! I'd love to keep the iridium as an emergency backup or abandon ship type thing but cannot justify the cost.

@221b-l3t Год назад

Iridium is already not profitable. They got a few dozen satellites, they cannot increase bandwidth or decrease latency. Starlink is soon approaching 3000 satellites in a much lower orbit, which is great for latency. They just can't compete with that. A single Iridium sat costs as much as 50 Starlink (each being more capable) including launch, since SpaceX is their own launch provider they can have them at cost only, and they use their fleet leaders, the oldest boosters for Starlink that have long paid for themselves. That takes 2-3 launches, so they use veteran boosters with 7-12 launches under their belt. There just isn't any way anyone can compete with that. Even Amazon have bought SpaceX launches as well as ULA and Ariane because they can't get their own rocket to fly, to they pay a lot more. That was the biggest rocket deal in history, Amazon bought 85 launches. Yet still not a single Kuiper satellites in orbit, and if you want a Starlink competitor it will be Kuiper. Only they have the cash to pull it off. OneWebb is aimed at commercial users, oil platforms, government stuff etc... I don't think the T-Mobile thing will offer huge amounts of bandwidth, that really is meant to compete with sat phones and Iridium Go type deals. The satellites need an extra antenna so none of the 2000-3000 sats on orbit have the hardware to talk to a phone or similar from 300 km up. Well a few can but that's all early test phase. I would be surprised if it happens in the next two years. They need Starlink V2 full size. They launched some Starlink V2 mini on Falcon 9 but the proper ones needed for T-Mobile collab are too big to fit on Falcon 9. They need to launch on Starship. And Starship will take another 6-24 months to start launching satellites. I believe Ship 26 has satellite dispensers but just a small one for testing and it'll probably explode so we shall see, what the future of maritime high speed internet will be. TL:DR Iridium is bleeding money and obsolete hence the ever increasing cost. T-Mobile Starlink functionality is tied to the success of the Starship launch vehicle program. I think we probably all heard how it still needs a little work.

@sanchopabsta Год назад

The great part of this video is the analysis of the terms. The key word in the « Starlink Roaming Terms » is « [that it] allows you to access Services at any land-based destination within the continent that you place your Order ». The intended use is inland. Combined with the maritime service, this may very well mean that Starlink will narrow the usage based on position. I am not an engineer and I do not know if gps-based restrictions can be enforced, but the new plan suggest a business model that can somehow do it. Otherwise, why would one buy the more expansive plan? The other aspect of the roaming terms that may hinder the plan usage is the « two month out » clause. You may have to declare another address of residency if you use the plan more than two months outside the country where you reside. Not sure it fits the canadian snowbird patterns...

@marclawyer2789 Год назад

Don't forget that signals work in BOTH directions and can be used to track your movements, just like your phone ... Stay free 💪

@Freetheworldnow Год назад

WWG1WGA

@MrJhchrist Год назад

@@Freetheworldnow gross

@sailingyoumeandjosapea6770 Год назад

Man still too expensive. Just recently I read about a sailing boat sinking the eperb thingy didn’t work!! They sent a May Day another yacht heard their mayday but as they was in the middle of nowhere radio didn’t cut it but another yacht had star link and what they was saying was because of star link the rescue was so much quicker . It was posted in a Facebook group but I can’t remember the group but it was very informative and cronicalled the whole event from all involved. I wish I could remember the group?

@markpitchford7375 Год назад

this is why you carry epirb, garmin mini, AND a handheld waterproof vhf. 2 is one and 1 is none.

@akllera Год назад

I can go without internet, or anyone texting me while sailing. Sailing is where I go to go unplugged for a while. Nothing wrong with " old school" Sure, if you are a content creator, you need it, but I'm not.

@davidbrayshaw3529 Год назад

I remember sailing and camping with my father, as a kid, pre internet and pre mobile phones. Despite running his own business, he thrived on the fact that he couldn't be contacted. His figuring was that if the office had burned down, someone had died or nuclear war had broken out, it wasn't going to make an ounce of difference whether he found out today or in a fortnight's time.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Год назад

On the one hand, you don't need Netflix to sail, especially if you want to unplug... but it seems wise to have redundant communication technologies, in case of emergencies. For example, a backup radio, and a cell phone (keep it turned off, if you like). It also seems like internet service is pretty useful for detailed weather information. I just don't see any downside to having more options in an emergency.

@jimanderson2518 Год назад

Yes they did .....I was a beta customer....I had the round dish from the beginning... This worked fantastic.....150mbs Then they stopped me from moving this dish and took the Portability away ..... Then a year ago they reinstated it .... Then 3 weeks ago they took away my Portability again There customer service is disgusting..... Try to get hold of service good luck Told me to stuff it after

@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Год назад

It's amazing how companies shoot themselves in the foot like this, because they think they'll get more money. They should focus more on providing value -- the fact that they took away 'portability' from PORTABLE INTERNET SERVICE says they don't give a ████ about providing the value that you thought you were paying for. Why remove the key feature from your product?

@alx-vla4986 Год назад

I have many friends who are sailing, homeschooling, and YouTubing with their kids while sailing... Starlink is the perfect solution if the cost is not in the thousands. The maritime price is abusive compared to any other land solutions. Satellites don't differentiate between water and land. I would pay for the antenna, but the connexion cost is not acceptable.

@jeffgold3091 Год назад

my starlink worked in st martin , then in st thomas , but when i went20 more miles to culebra PR i got a disconnected message . back in st thomas and still not working . geofencing problem ? don’t know. ,but i doesn’t work . i read that starlink conditions of service forbids Any use of starlink on the water , even in harbor . i don’t know , i only know i got shut down in PR .

@jeffgriglack9624 Год назад

Good info, especially for those of us who haven't taken the plunge into Starlink. BTW, a shot for every air quote in the video, and I'm out of tequila. :)

@WillN2Go1 Год назад

Good thoughtful video. I think you've probably got it figured out. Some usage, and good useful usage for $150/month, but some limitations. Starlink on boats is getting the system millions of dollars in advertising. As with my cell phone plan, I get the feeling when I'm traveling, as I am now - in Taiwan waiting for the weather window to continue sailing towards Japan, that my cell phone International Plan starts throttling me during the month. This consists of 5 minutes of good usage every day and then the throttling begins. Maybe this is to allow for emergencies. If so, I guess that's fair. I love my Starlink, which btw doesn't work in Taiwan. Worked in Vietnam, across the South China Sea to, and in, the Philippines; and then on the passage to the south end of Taiwan. About the time my phone welcomed me to Taiwan, Starlink cut off. (Taiwan wants to launch its own satellite internet.) We're using a local card USD$30 in a miniWiFi. We expect Starlink to work again when we're off shore, or sailing up the Japanese Ryukyu Islands and then across the Pacific to Canada and Vancouver. I'm hoping that if I have to pay $250/month I won't have to also buy the new bigger Dishy, and that I can turn levels of usage on and off as I need it. (So far they explicitly say that if I upgrade from about $115 to $150 for 'Roaming,' I can't later go back down. Maybe I can offset the cost by getting rid of my fiberoptic internet at my house and just carry Dishy and the Server back and forth between my home and boat -- I bought a spare cable. Of course I live in Los Angeles where Starlink is still limited.)

@221b-l3t Год назад

Haha, the junk you put on your roof is a nice way of referring to a military grade phased array antenna :) BTW T-Mobile needs Starlink V2 sats. They don't fit on Falcon 9 or Heavy, they need Starship (the largest man made flying object that exploded last Wednesday). And also the V2's have proper intersatellite optical coms, which is crucial for bandwidth far from ground station, such as the ocean or deserts or polar regions or very rural areas etc... The Maritime service is aimed at high end users on multimillion dollar motoryachts like you say. And cruise ships too. It's likely the small boats will remain with the RV's under the new Roaming thing. Don't ask me how that'll work, its all very much in flux, though they are aware of the customer base and also that most boaters will not be buying the official maritime version due to cost. So we shall see. I believe it should keep working normally, but no promises from me, I'm familiar with the hardware, nothing else. Also keep in mind this is very new and SpaceX is expecting at least another 20 billion in expenditure for the full phase 1 constellation. So your paying first adopter premiums right now. Of the phase 1 constellation so far only 20% of satellites are on orbit. So the system is at 1/5 capacity only, technically not operational but in testing. They honestly don't care that much about low budget boaters right now, it costs them a lot to offer bandwidth of shore compared to on shore. At least within the range of ground stations, which is still 100+ km. So you can be that far off shore and still be talking to ground stations via just one satellite. Especially the older sats up at 500 km. They got a fair bit of reach.

@Berend-ov8of Год назад

Something has to pay for the sats. Try think of it as being a patreon for Starlink. Sure, it's a nice chunk of cash, but you gotta remember something. You do live a life of luxury only about 0.01 % of all human beings ever gets close to and Starlink is meant to eventualy serve all of them. So to the other 99.99 % , you're a hero !

@MartyDidier Год назад

Enjoyed the video. Question? Has the Salt Enriched Air caused problems with degrading electronics on/in the Dishy?

@daisy9910 Год назад

According to many sailors the only issue with the Starlink is the cheap connectors that keep breaking, and if you can get through to them to order replacements, they refuse to post replacements to any other place but the original country their were sent to.

@MartyDidier Год назад

@@daisy9910 Is it possible to change the connectors to something better?

@SailingwithMaury Год назад

Given priority service restrictions, if someone passes their 50 gb max is the odds of service not being available when needed in an emergency significantly increased? Assuming this is the case are more cruisers using Iridium or SSB as a preferred backup.

@kb9rlf Год назад

and off shore means floating and they can tell. based off signal reports and RSSI feedback. and how hard the dish has to steer the signal.

@BartGardner Год назад

Just speculation here, but seems to me this “term and condition” is more of a CYA for Starlink than a restriction in use. As stated, this system should not be relied upon for critical information while underway. If it were and it failed, Starlink could easily be sued for that failure. This restriction probably provides a layer of liability protection . Seems doubtful that they would actively monitor and prevent such usage.

@221b-l3t Год назад

Sorry for the spam but I thought some may be interested. I did some digging regarding coverage area per satellite. Currently Starlink have a 25° arc of coverage, to be upraded to 40° eventually. At 550 km that works out to a radius of 950 km. So you can be almost 1000 km from a ground station without needing laser comms. So if you cross the Atlantic you should be able to have connection to ground station for most but the middle third of the journey, which is still covered, just not that extensively. Most are equatorial though. It's really the Polar regions that must have laser comms but besides a few maniacs like Erik Aanderaa it's not needed by many sailors.

@crypto-tony Год назад

WoO!!!

@carriebrown-el7zp Год назад

great video

@aaronfranklin324 Год назад

That is ridiculously expensive. We should be setting up our own shortwave networks. Any digital transceiver has the capacity. As in a cellphone. Or a radio control model transceiver. Or your Marine VHF.

@kiwi6444 Год назад

Hi there Lady K Sailing. Have you ever looked at a Liberty 458? I have been looking online at one for sale but know very little about them apart from being built in Taiwan. Hull construction is important to me but always hard to find info on. Any advise you may have would be greatly appreciated.

@bowdezaufa2609 Год назад

When's the next big passage?

@brucemasson Год назад

SO WHAT IS YOUR DREAM BOAT? Watching your video comparing Catalina Mk 2 and Island Packet, You said you like them both BUT, both are not your dream boat. So what is your dream boat for your knd of sailing... Big Thanks, Really enjoy your videos.

@MichaelKapsner Год назад

Satellites are very expensive and the orbits are set to maximize use - over land. So, it could be the companies way of staying out out trouble for not providing 'robust' service in low density places. "I told you it wouldn't work..."

@markjennings2315 Год назад

Works fine up to 110kph in an RV in Australian outback

@SailingFrolic Год назад

Your videos are very informative which is what keeps me coming back, but I always watch them at 2x speed because of all the commercialization of the channel

@markreynolds8630 Год назад

Can I ask, what is the amperage draw with starlink? Is it operable on a 12 volt system? Nice video and thank you for your info on this topic.

@jamesingalls5003 Год назад

Not sure if it works with 12 Volt. It is power hungry at 30 Watts and up.

@RebelCowboysRVs Год назад

The offshore thing seems simple to me. Once your far enough out to sea that you are hitting satellites that have no ground station to send your signal to, it will relay to other satellites that do. I am sure they have plenty of data now about where each satellite looses ground signals anyway. So however far out that is, if you are out there, they will know. If you are still in shore enough to still be hitting satellites with ground contact, where you are at does not affect them. So if you can see waves hitting a beach still, your probably ok. If not, they may notice.

@rezolution6272 Год назад

My dream is to buy a boat this year and get mobile. The main thing standing in my way right now is the lack of live aboard slips. I plan to dock out of Charleston SC and the majority of options I see want you to buy the slip for say 75,000 to 250,000 dollars. With sea levels rising and the up front cost, this is killing my dream. Can you possibly do a show on live aboard slips and let us know some good and bad locations? Also any tips you might have that think outside the box. Love your content, thanks!

@stolethejoke5082 Год назад

Live on anchor. It’s nicer, cleaner, freer, usually free, and is what sailing is all about.

@wallacegrommet9343 Год назад

It’s the same story in the Pacific Northwest. Waiting lists for liveaboard slips are ten boats deep, and hardly budging. State law in Washington limits the number of marina slips designated as liveaboard to 10% of total slips, so there’s that, too. My marina limits overnight stays to three per week. Some boaters on the waitlist will liveaboard, but find some other cheap accommodation nearby, or RV, and go on short trips to avoid exceding the three night limit

@wallacegrommet9343 Год назад

Out here in Washington, a boater can join a cheap at-large yacht club, and then journey between marinas and use dedicated reciprocal slips for overnight mooring. Plus, we have marine state parks with docks, so buying an annual pass gets you unlimited anchor buoy and dock usage, not exceeding three consecutive nights

@markpitchford7375 Год назад

sea levels rising? where?

@lezbriddon Год назад

does dishy have gps, if so it will easily see if your 'offshore' ......

@johnhayes3314 Год назад

“Why so many air quotes?” 🤣🤣

@markkrajnik Год назад

Whats your top 5 cruisers lower priced even if i have to retrofit for Caribbean cruising?? I dont use discord so not sure how to contact you.

@ricktarkowski1027 3 дня назад

Corvo Island, Açores, Portugal is on the North American plate therefore North America.

@gratefultrucker7781 Год назад

Still love your channel.

@LadyKSailing Год назад

Still love you!

@sailingEV888 Год назад

I know Sail life just received a mesage from starlink about TOS offshore... interesting..

@lyfandeth Год назад

Not so long ago, a high seas radiotelephone call was $5 per minute. Cells phones, with roaming and long distance, could cost $4 a minute. SailMail could and does support data--but at speeds of 300-1200bps. Not bytes or megabytes, but BITS per second. So Starlink is expensive, yes. Or damn cheap compared to Inmarsat and all the other high seas connections.

@CaliforniaBushman Год назад

Erratic Space Karen gonna be cray cray.

@jhonhayes3410 Год назад

Just finished watching your 2 part series on the Eire canal, good job. I left Port Clinton, Ohio in July 1994 and out to the Gulf of Mexico via Cal Sag, Illinois River, Mississippi River, Ohio River, Kentucky Lake, Tombigbee, to Mobile Alabama distance of 2181 miles. Returned to Lake Erie via Erie barge canal. Entered the canal on July 17, 2001 traveled 367 miles in 8 days. Keep up the good work.

@galactictomato1434 Год назад

Correction: your house only got 5 megaBITS per second. Not bytes.

@hstrinzel Год назад

$2500? Why does it mention THAT price on the thumbnail page? I would say that $250/month for all-oceans access IS VERY MODERATE, in fact I would say it's a FANTASTIC price compared to Iridium or any other "competitor". On the other hand I WISH I had an ocean-going sailboat already, and I would definitely buy Starlink. And NO, I'm not whining that I cannot run an international data center with Terabytes of throughput from a 26 foot sailboat, that would be stupid.

@grandsoleil56 Год назад

Just fitted a flat high performance to a boat for a customer, wondering if I link it to a maritime or roam plan

@maracestinan2914 Год назад

Will starling work in the middle of the Atlantic, dose anyone know, thank

@frak357 Год назад

I would think off-shore would be defined as anywhere your location put you in international waters. Otherwise you are still bound by that country's laws regardless of how far off the coast line.

@willweaver5024 Год назад

There is a lot here. I am not exactly sure where it will go. Iridium could wake up and change their pricing. One thing I have been wondering about, though, is when smart phones will stop needing the phone companies. The iphone 14's impact emergency calling feature is a satellite phone. It does not connect to a cellphone tower. What is the future?

@williamstreet4304 Год назад

As a person who is planning to cross the Atlantic next year, I would like to know how the 'Roaming' plan will work on passage. I can find little information about this. Do you have any information?

@PastorwithoutaPulpit Год назад

They had an RV plan and the Marine plan was rolled out at about the same time and seeing as it has built in location tracking people should have known this was coming. It's pretty easy to tell when someone's offshore using the service and the Marine setup/hardware is much different as it requires active satellite tracking to maintain connection properly. Don't fool yourself Star Link can track location down to a few feet if not inches so attempting to cheat the system will not be working for much longer. Almost every video I watched from sailing channels getting Star Link they knew that they weren't supposed to be using the RV program but instead the much more expensive Marine plan but did it anyway thinking they could get away with it. So people knew they were basically scamming the system and thought that was okay, entitled much? They did or are doing this even though it's satellite based which means extremely accurate location tracking. The company has two plans and even though you may not agree with it they've made the decision to charge more for what's basically the same service although it does require a different setup that the hardware for is actually more expensive as it does more. Sorry but that's just how it is for now but hopefully things will change in the near future and if not those who want Star Link for their boats will have to pay the extra cash because there's no way you're going to fool the system for long. Fair winds, following seas, safe travels and God Bless...

@kejung1 Год назад

Be careful with t-mobile. Way more expensive than they say…

@jenrdemldeml8328 Год назад

I’m thinking cuts out the same time you can dump the black water. 😅 3 miles out.

@MrJhchrist Год назад

If only we could monitor the black water dumpers as closely as musk can track the dishies!

@GreenXrays Год назад

Starts at 07:37

@namechamps Год назад

To be clear the $250 Maritime plan does not have a hard cap of 50 GB. It is 50GB of offshore priority connectivity. When you exhaust that you can either pay $2/GB offshore or get the same unlimited best effort Roam service. The $135 is gone for new signups so it is $150 or $200 for new Roam plans. In that light for official guaranteed support and true global access to include in the middle of oceans $50 more isn't that crazy. I do hope someday SpaceX comes out with a cheaper plan like $150 for 10 Gig priority. 10GB would be great I use Iridium offshore right now (sub dialup speeds).

@curtisn6980 Год назад

I think I'll stick to Digicel for a little bit longer. Not Ideal but not a big investment either. I would hate to invest and use Starlink in the grey area of the acceptable use/terms just to have them crack down on it.

@tomatobrush3283 Год назад

The reason they don't like people using star link incorrectly is because they don't want people making videos complaining about it and ruining their brand/image. Sounds like it will work no matter what but they just don't "guarantee it will".

@geoffreylotz3661 Год назад

Interesting times....from sextant to Starlink in what?.....30 years?

@ymk8355 Год назад

Yep, Only one still works though when all goes bad... unless you through it overboard

@ruslankadylak2999 Год назад

@@ymk8355 Yep, when all goes bad one of them still works... For the other one, you have to wait for a clear sky... but by then it won't be all that bad already. :)

@johnmagnan759 Год назад

Wow they changed their prices again. A month ago the maritime version started at $1000/month capped at 1 Terabyte of data and the best plan was $5000/month capped at 5T bytes. $250 isn't a bad deal and affordable in my opinion. I mean when you look at the average cost of most of these boats people are cruising on they can afford $250/month.

@daveamies5031 Год назад

If you look at the average cost of most of those houses people are living in (several times the cost of most boats), they can afford $2500/month! Sorry your logic doesn't work. You can buy a boat that you can live on for under $10K, sure it's not a luxurious boat but it's shelter and you can make it comfortable, can you do the same with a house? In my city you can't even buy a small apartment for under $500K, so even if you spring for a $50K boat it's still a lot cheaper than an apartment, if a person can't afford $500K mortgage for an apartment how is it that you think they can easily afford $250/month for internet?

@johnmagnan759 Год назад

@@daveamies5031 Well all I can say to that is if you can't afford it you are not getting it. You may be initially paying $50K for the boat but the upkeep to keep her floating, you'd be better off buying a camper. Think Walmart still lets you spend the night in the parking lot for free. Many years ago a friend of mine's dad lived in his camper and paid $150/month for a permanent camp site. There is always stealth van camping too. Bottom line is ya got to do what ya got to do and most things aren't free.

@redpill6750 Год назад

That’s a lot of “air quotes”

@Methoes123 Год назад

How is it possible to have a dead spot or a no signal with thousands of satellites?

@Iam_Yu627 Год назад

Starlink footprint for a single satellite is roughly 15 miles. Surface area of earth is 197 million sq mi. You do the math.....

@Methoes123 Год назад

@@Iam_Yu627 There are supposed to be thousands of Satellites, not just 1 and ALL of them floating around in the 2500-4000 degree Thermosphere? Do the MATH!

@bobstratton101 2 месяца назад

I know it's a year late, but wanted to point out that my phone is perfectly happy making calls and sending texts while only connected to wifi. I don't need a cell tower, just half decent internet.

@robertcrawford5206 Год назад

No I just used it in the Bahamas

@wallacegrommet9343 Год назад

In my recent conversation with T-mobile tech support, they mentioned that the US is currently subsidizing Starlink service to assist the Ukraine, allocating nearly 60% of the system capacity. Also, the recent post launch failures of an entire new batch of satellites due to a solar mass ejection event is also affecting quality of service

@itsverygreen532 Год назад

No they did not chnage the package .. the terms of service ALWAYS excluded ocean use. People have been stealing the service for months.

@allenbythesea Год назад

good content but jfc, summit mount point more quickly. This video is 5x longer than it needed to be.

@david78212 Год назад

Any and all providers are going to do whatever they can to close any "loopholes" that any company has in their service. With the up-use of social media, all that really does is allow companies to find those "loopholes" easier and faster. 10mph? That will be brought down just as soon as they figure out people are still getting away with service, it's all just a matter of time.

@johnnydfred Год назад

Mega-bits. Not bytes. Difference? Almost a factor of 10. So megabits. Mb, not MB.

@claudiof.barbano5530 Год назад

Nooo, just installed it on my boat. To be used in the Med

@olafscherdin2683 Год назад

You just shouldn't advertise the cell phone usage in a case of emergency on a boat as an improvement. Why? It's simple: In an emergency, you really do NOT want to use a cell-phone like emergency handling because it is always a 1:1 communication! But if you're in serious trouble, what you would definitely want is that any soul within your VHF operation range is alarmed and may send help towards you ASAP!

@stanalexander3727 Год назад

If starlink is trying to connect up with T- mob, dont trust it, just even land based, it becomes intermittent, drops calls, etc...

@stanalexander3727 Год назад

Im refering to the T-mobile service

@cornelisvanrensburg1826 Год назад

Maritime Starlink is $5000 per month, not 500

@Markymarkcy Год назад

What 'bombshell'.. ANYONE who has been reading SL's Terms and Conditions KNEW a change was coming.. ? 🙂

@kb9rlf Год назад

a few things, dishy 1 and 2 are not ment for mobile, in transit use, the amount of satallite time used handshaking the connection drags everyone else down, the phased array in the dishy 1-2 only can steer about 1 degree max. and not over that should of a time, dishy HP (can steer about 3 degrees with 1/2 signal loss) and the 2 sync'd arrays for maratime use are where they can switch satallites much faster. From starlink (space-x) point of view, the overhead from operating a cheap dishy vs HP and sync PH arrays is how they know who you are. and the overhead on the micro sats are just too much. they charge more because poeple worked around the problem and really dragged on the sats in view when your boat is makie reconnections every few mins, vs moving the dish. it only has 2 motors for range of motion. space-x is just trying to sort users.

@ClaytonDeeringC3D Год назад

Not for me.. ?

@markwoods1504 Год назад

The best thing to do is to have a satellite phone that's what I have as I don't think starlink is available in the UK , brilliant video by the way I've subscribed first time viewer on your channel. Mark

@Markymarkcy Год назад

)) Matt, I have used / installed SL on homes, boats, etc in England and Wales on Residential and 'roaming' packages ..Works just fine !

@edl617 Год назад

Some sats [sic] will be deorbited, others will be tested thoroughly before raising altitude above Space Station,” Musk tweeted. Musk’s tweet is in response to industry experts monitoring the satellites with some questioning possible changes in altitude.