A weekly letter for first-time buyers who refuse to let the sticker price hide the first-year bills, the wet core, and the yard contract.
Rigging, sails, haul-out and labor bills, laid out before you sign anything.
Coin and flashlight checks for wet core, blisters, weeping chainplates and keel smiles.
Lien clauses and escalating storage spotted before the boat ever leaves the water.
No smoke: the full guide, the exact steps, the fix — every week.
Read the full issue →The sticker price is the smallest number on the deal. We walk the first-year bills nobody warns you about — rigging, sails, haul-out, yard labor — and how to ask for them before you sign.
You're not paying for 'content' (that's everywhere and half-wrong). You're paying for the tested way, the exact steps, every week — and for a real answer when you get stuck.
5,700+ first-time buyers
already get it every week.
“I had a spreadsheet for the sticker price and nothing for the bills after it. Now I ask about rigging age and haul-out costs first, and the broker's tone changes fast.”
Glenn P. · 58 · Annapolis, MD
“The coin test sent me under a deck the seller called cosmetic. I walked away with my deposit, and I finally understand the first-year bills hiding behind a low sticker.”
Russ T. · 63 · Port Townsend, WA
Testimonials are illustrative composites, not quotes from named individuals. Results vary with your effort.
No contract, no calls, no spam. Your first issue lands this week. If it's not for you, you leave and lose nothing.
No list of favorites. Each weekly letter gives you a method — hull ID checks, survey questions, first-year bill estimates — so you can judge any listing yourself.
Yes. The checks use a coin, a flashlight and the right questions for the broker and the yard. The point is reading the boat and the contract before you sign, not fixing it.
Bits of it, scattered and half-wrong. Here it's tested, start to finish, with the exact steps — and a fresh one every week.
No. Plain steps, big print, one a week. Nothing fancy, the way it's always been done.
Straight to your inbox every week. Join once and it just shows up — no app, no fuss.
The first 100 founding members lock $9.90/mo for good. After that it goes to $39.
7-day money-back, cancel anytime · first issue this week · cancel in 1 click
P.S. — $9.90/mo is less than a couple of coffees, and you lock it for good. When the 100 spots fill, it goes to $39. If one issue saves you a wasted afternoon, you're ahead — and if not, you cancel in a click.
Only -- spots left at $9.90/mo for good (then $39). Your first issue lands this week.
Join The Honest HarborJoin → No thanks, I'll pay $39 later