When we publish a new buyer's guide, you get it first — with a short note about why it matters. That's roughly once a month. Occasional curated roundups in between when there's something genuinely worth your attention. No filler, no sponsored nonsense, no weekly deluge.
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When we publish a new buyer's guide — roughly once a month — you get a short email with the link and a sentence on why it matters for your situation.
A few times a year, we'll send a short digest of genuinely interesting developments in marine tech — new products worth knowing about, price drops on gear we've recommended, or policy changes that affect boaters.
No weekly "engagement emails." No product promotions we don't believe in. No sponsored content disguised as editorial. If we don't have something useful to say, we don't send.
Hey —
Just published our Starlink buyer's guide, and I think it's useful whether you're ready to buy or just trying to make sense of the plan lineup.
Quick take: for most recreational boaters, the Mini + Regional Roam ($249 + $50/mo) is the answer. The confusion is around the 10 mph in-motion rule nobody reads until after they've bought the wrong dish. I walk through all four options — Mini, Standard, Flat HP, and the used eBay v2 play — and the three questions you need to answer before choosing.
A smaller note: Ocean Mode at $2/GB is the cheapest way to keep Starlink working offshore, and a lot of boaters don't know it exists. If you're considering a passage this season, toggle that on before you leave the 12nm line.
That's it for this month.
Jeff
Most months, once. Some months, twice if there's a roundup. A few months a year, not at all. We don't send emails just to "stay top of mind."
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Jeff, the editor of SmartBoats.org. Florida-based, boat-owner, independent publisher. Not a marketing team, not a newsletter-as-a-funnel. Just one person who writes the newsletter the same way he writes the guides.
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