Deckhand
Read-only
Newsletter, launch alerts, and community announcements.
Discord community
Discord roles that make sense the minute someone joins.
This page explains how the community works, what each role can access, and how to move people from free interest to paid membership without confusion.
Dockside Lifetime
Member channels
Lifetime Dockside access, launch cohort badge, and archived troubleshooting sessions.
Harbor Pilot
Guides + office hours
Weekly office hours, full guide library, and structured troubleshooting requests.
Ocean Watch
Priority escalation
Priority Discord queue, audit reviews, and higher-touch follow-up on urgent system issues.
How onboarding works
Keep the first five minutes simple.
- Click the Discord invite from the site.
- Choose a role that matches the public plan you bought.
- Read the start-here channels and safety guidelines.
- Post your boat, current cruising region, and top systems issue.
- Use the help channels only after following the pinned intake steps.
Recommended channels
#start-here
Onboarding, expectations, and how the role system works.
#battery-and-charging
House bank, alternator, solar, regulators, and inverter topics.
#navigation-and-comms
Plotters, radar, AIS, Starlink, Iridium, and redundancy planning.
#priority-watch
Ocean Watch escalations only, reserved for urgent paid-member issues.