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A serene moment at the marina as a large sailboat approaches the dock. The reflections of the masts, gentle sounds of the harbor, and the crew getting ready for the next sail — pure calm before the next adventure. #Sailing #DockingTime #SailingVibes #HarborLife #BoatLife #Marina #YachtingCommunity #CalmWaters #SailingAtDawn

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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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Diving the Banda Sea -Shorts - The Forgotten Islands - Banda Sea, Indonesia. A trip with Master Liveaboard into this amazing region. We had a UW-photography workshop with Gerald Rambert. IG - https://www.instagram.com/gerald_rambert/ . I hope you'll enjoy this video! If you have any questions, please leave a comment down below. Music: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio Voiceover: https://murf.ai/text-to-speech AI Invideo (10 minutes are free!): https://invideo.io/i/pyu Join me on Instagram: Everything big - https://www.instagram.com/project_yet_unknown_all/ Everything small - https://www.instagram.com/project_yet_unknown/ Check out my pictures on ... Scopio: http://bit.ly/2OtkRLg Wirestock: https://wirestock.io/peter.jantsch

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🌊🐬 Our clients had the incredible experience of watching dolphins leap effortlessly beside our Magic Select catamaran tour in Fuerteventura. These amazing creatures showcased their speed and agility, leaving everyone in absolute wonder. 💥Don’t miss your chance to see this breathtaking spectacle for yourself and book a boat trip in Fuerteventura! 🌟Experimenta la Magia: ¡Acrobacias con delfines en nuestro tour en catamarán por Fuerteventura! 🌊🐬 Nuestros clientes tuvieron la increíble experiencia de ver a los delfines saltar sin esfuerzo junto a nuestro tour en catamarán Magic Select en Fuerteventura. Estas increíbles criaturas hicieron gala de su velocidad y agilidad, dejando a todos absolutamente maravillados. 💥¡No pierdas la oportunidad de ver este impresionante espectáculo por ti mismo y reserva una excursión en barco en Fuerteventura! #magicandsailing 👉Book now at www.magicandsailing.com 📱+34 630 975 023 #fuerteventura #canarias #trip #ocean #wildlife #nature #animalshorts #whales #delfines #holidays #dolphin #travel

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