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I'm RETURNING TO MEXICO after being away for about 5 years and exploring a very different side of the country in my van. Baja California, Mexico! 👌🏻Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2y7Se24 🌊 Want to dive in Baja with me January 3-9, 2023? Check the details here: https://azulunlimited.com/baja-dive-expedition-2023/ ✅ Join the Azul scuba community: https://www.patreon.com/azulunlimited I’m sharing behind-the-scenes scuba and vanlife adventures. This is also a place where we can support each other and offer solutions to diving/travel questions. Dive locations coming up: 🤿 Cabo San Lucas 🤿 Cabo Pulmo 🤿 La Paz 🤿 Loreto 🤿 Ensenada 🧥 Use code AZUL for 10% off Surffur products: https://bit.ly/surffur_azul 🔦 Get an OrcaTorch: https://bit.ly/OrcaTorchAzul 🎵 Need music for your own videos? Check out Epidemic Sound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/ufhctq Find us on IG/FB/TikTok: Azul Unlimited https://azulunlimited.com/

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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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Discover the Joy of Sailing in Croatia If like Tash, you've never considered a sailing holiday or being on a boat before, then this video is for you! Here Tash talks about her experience sailing with 45 Degrees Sailing and why you need to check us out for yourself. Are you ready to let your adventure begin? 2024 Premium Tours are being sort out now - don't miss out. See Tash & Phil's full review here: https://youtu.be/bUQD9D3KBgg ---------------------- Then there are four ways 45D can help get you sailing in Croatia. For more information on each of them simply follow the link. Premium Tours - https://go.45degreessailing.com/luxury-crewed-sailing-holiday-in-croatia Bareboat Charter - https://go.45degreessailing.com/bareboat-charter Flotilla Week - https://go.45degreessailing.com/sharpen-up-flotilla Buy a Yacht - https://go.45degreessailing.com/yacht-consult ---------------------- #sailingcroatia #sailing #croatia #peace #peaceful #quiet #relaxation #shortsvideo #shorts #reviews #testimonials

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