Looking for a special moment on board one of our Nautitech Catamarans off the west coast of Mauritius, this teaser sets the vibe...

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___ BENETEAU est concepteur et constructeur de bateaux depuis 1884. BENETEAU propose un grand nombre de gammes et modèles de bateaux pour répondre à tous les rêves de navigation, que ce soit en voile ou en motonautisme. Beneteau est leader mondial de la construction de voiliers de croisière. Abonnez-vous à la chaîne Beneteau: http://bit.ly/25FTf8h Site officiel : goo.gl/6TvuU4 Facebook : http://bit.ly/1UCGE2c Twitter : http://bit.ly/1UCGGXU BENETEAU has been designing and building boats since 1884. Today, BENETEAU offers many different ranges and models for everyone who dreams of life afloat, whether under sail or power. Beneteau is the world leader in the construction of cruising sailing yachts. Suscribe to Beneteau Youtube Channel : http://bit.ly/25FTf8h Website : goo.gl/6TvuU4 Facebook: http://goo.gl/tT8TXl Twitter : http://goo.gl/vPE04F

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We asked Kevin, owner of an Ovni 370, about his impressions on sailing offshore the 1200 miles from Florida to Maryland. At a 5 to 10 degree heel, the boat just sits in the chine and flies! The wide, inverted bow and additional buoyancy also means that the boat floats on top of the waves instead of plowing through them.

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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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