What to photograph
- The helm and mast (or arch). Wide shot — I need to see the whole picture before the details.
- Where the dish sits — or would sit. Current mount, radar arch, masthead, or the spot you're considering.
- The sky above it. Stand at the dish position and shoot up and around. Rigging, masts, and superstructure crossing the satellite arc are the #1 cause of dropouts — and they show up in photos.
- Your power setup. Panel, battery bank, inverter — wherever the gear plugs in. Half of "my internet is broken" is actually "my power is broken."
How it works
One — email the photos to [email protected] with the subject Yacht photo consult. Include your boat's length and type, your cruising grounds, and what's going wrong.
Two — I look. Personally, within a couple of days. Not an assistant, not software.
Three — you get the straight answer: what's wrong, what would fix it, what it roughly costs — and whether an on-board survey is worth booking or you should save your money.
The trade
Here's the honest deal: the consult is free, and I'd like to learn from your boat. If you write OK to share in your email, your case may become an article — anonymized, no boat names, no identifying details, nothing that could find you. One owner's lesson becomes the next owner's answer. That's how a knowledge base gets built, and your boat helps build it.
No pressure. The consult is free whether you share or not. See how past cases turned out: case studies →