We will enter the Pedro Miguel locks in about an hour and Miraflores locks probably around two hours from now and then the massive doors will open and let Karl into the Pacific!!! There will be a live feed on my private Facebook page www.facebook.com/nike.steiger. Make sure you don't miss it! U can comment on it and if reception allows I will get back to you during the live feed! On www.facebook.com/WhiteSpotPirates you will also find some footage from the Gatun locks yesterday! Awesome? AWESOME!

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Montréal Fire Fighters.. We save lives.. Montréal's Firefighters, our guardians in red. 🚒🔥 #MontréalStrong" 🚩Dollard Des Ormeaux, West Island, Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦, In the heart of Montréal, amidst the bustling streets and towering skyscrapers, lies a brigade of heroes adorned in red. Montréal's Firefighters, a beacon of bravery, fearlessly charge into the depths of infernos, battling flames with unwavering resolve. With every siren's wail, they race against time, risking their lives to safeguard our city and its people. Through darkness and danger, their courage shines bright, illuminating the path of hope for all who call Montréal home. They are the guardians of our streets, the protectors of our dreams, and the embodiment of selflessness in action. Montréal Firefighters, igniting courage, saving lives, and etching their legacy as true champions of the city. @sanndzboze #shorts, #ytshorts, #2024, #sandy, #godsownmeadow, #montréal, #canada🇨🇦, #photography, #perspective, #perspectivephotography, #trending, #trendingreels,#montrealfiredepartment, #montrealfiredepartment, #relentless, #heroes, #firerescue,#ytshorts

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Following up on the Asia Premiere of the brand new Prestige 420 at Thailand Yacht Show back in January, Asia Yachting, in association with Prestige Yachts, has launched a video in celebration of the expansion of their dealership network to Thailand and its resounding success of the unveil of Prestige 420 to the South East Asia markets.

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Beneteau Oceanis 38 Cruiser https://www.scanboat.com/en/17451481

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1) Understanding your energy needs is essential to determine how much solar you need. Start by making an "energy budget". List all your consumers and their daily usage. For example, if your LED lights use 1W per bulb and you have eight bulbs on for 5 hours a day, that would be 8 Watts for 5 hours or (8x5) 40 Wh (Watt hours). I like to use kWh to keep things consistent. 40 Wh = 0.040 kWh. It's a good idea to list what you're using while at anchor and another list of what you're using while underway (for instance, you don't use your autopilot at anchor). Remember to list everything: fridge, freezer, watermaker, autopilot, nav lights, chart plotters, etc. For example, here aboard Athena, with an electric galley, fridge, freezer, watermaker, two computers, etc, we use an average of 5.5 kWh per day. 2) To give you a quick estimate, use https://globalsolaratlas.info/ to find "Global horizontal irradiation" per day for your location. Take your daily energy consumption from step 1 and divide that by the number of solar hours. In the case of Athena, located in the Caribbean, that would be 5.5kWh per day / 5 sun hours = 1.1 kW solar array. Keep in mind that this is a theoretical number that does not take into account the shading or degradation of the panels over time. Let's add 30%. 1.1 x 1.3 = 1.43 kW. You can now divide that number by the panel's Nominal Power output. In the case of Athena, our panels are 400W SunPower panels. 1430W / 400W = 3.6 panels needed to cover our 5.5 kWh per day consumption. 3) Understand that the amount of solar you can install on a small sailboat is limited by the size of the boat and heavily influenced by shading and, of course, the boat's location. The size of the panels might also be defined by the height of your stanchions or the size of an existing solar arch. Figure out where you're able and willing to install panels. That will dictate the size and number of panels. 4) Use Victron Energy's MPPT Calculator to calculate what MPPT is ideally sized for your solar panels and expected output based on location. Based on our experience in the Caribbean, the estimate provided by the guide is reasonable. https://www.victronenergy.com/mppt-calculator. Remember that it's best practice to avoid combining panels with different specs on the same MPPT. #sailboat #sailboatproject #boatwork #saillife #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #saltlife #sailing #sailingadventure #travel ingcouple #livingonaboat #solar #sailboatsolar

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