Built in the Trenches
In 2010, Jake Stratmann began installing marine stabilization and power systems in Fort Lauderdale. By 2022, Starboard Yacht Group had grown to a $7.68 million annual revenue marine services operation — the authorized Seakeeper dealer for South Florida, with a full-service marine center handling everything from electrical rewires to complete gyroscopic stabilizer installations.
Over 15 years and hundreds of installations, one problem kept appearing: the power systems weren't keeping up with the stabilizers. Gyroscopic stabilizers draw massive surge current on startup. Existing battery systems — whether lead-acid AGM or lithium — were either too heavy, too dangerous in marine environments, or simply undersized for the load. Boat owners were told "just run the generator." That answer wasn't good enough.
When sodium-ion battery technology became commercially viable, we recognized it immediately: non-flammable, temperature-tolerant, high-surge capable, and marine-insurance friendly. This was the chemistry the marine industry had been waiting for.
Salty Marine was born from that insight. We took 15 years of hands-on stabilizer installation experience — knowing exactly where the power bottlenecks live on real vessels — and combined it with next-generation sodium-ion energy storage. The result: SALT START™, the first purpose-built sodium-ion marine battery system designed specifically for stabilizer surge loads.
Today, Salty Marine operates as an independent marine energy company under the Starboard Tech Group umbrella. Our R&D is conducted through Starboard Tech & Research (STAR). We answer to vessel owners, not manufacturers.
"Truth Is The Right Answer — and the right power system makes everything else work."