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by tpmx 1961 days ago
A practical concern with Starlink in this scenario is that the dish consumes ~100 watts.

Bring 2 square meters of solar panel, an inverter and some batteries and hope for sun.

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You can turn it off when not in use.

Whatever, your present PC, Monitor, printer, Router, and Internet wireless will already be using more than 100W.

Printer, monitor, ... ?

A ~15 watt Macbook Air M1 seems suitable when living on a boat.