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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We set sail with no plan - just wind, waves, and 89 islands waiting to be explored. Kornati National Park in Croatia is one of the most unique sailing areas in the world - a labyrinth of 89 islands, cliffs, and hidden coves stretching over 220 square kilometers.

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this quick shorts We try to rescue a vulture that crash landed next to our boat. We were anchored up in Elounda, Crete. The vulture almost hit our mast before crashing into the water. Jen did a great job lifting it into the dinghy but unfortunately it died from exhaustion as we got to the beach. We tried. If you found it informative or entertaining please give it a thumbs as it helps get YouTube to promote it outside of the existing subscribers. https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/tj3lov/ Click on the link above to get access to great copyright free music. We receive a small commission for all referrals. We've also added some links next to the equipment we use if you want to check them out on Amazon. If you are in the market for any new kit we'd appreciate it if you could click through one of our links, it puts a few coppers in our account :) even if you purchase something totally different. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** LINKS ***** Don't forget to drop by our website, found out a bit more about us, read the latest blog or even subscribe to our newsletter. http://www.carlandjenny.com // Video Stories, Pictures and more about us and what we get up to on our blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** HELP US KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING ***** Want the chance to come aboard or get unseen footage privileges? Please become a Patron and support our video productions. http://www.patreon.com/carlandjenny // Get fun rewards for supporting Carl and Jenny’s videos and becoming a patron -- Rather just buy us a beer? You can do that via PayPal You can also buy us a beer at paypal.me/CarlandJenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** CONNECT WITH US ***** Don’t forget to Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/carlandjenny // Like for daily pictures and stories from us both See our latest pictures on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/CarlandJennysailing // Follow for great pictures from Carl and Jenny Get our latest updates on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/carlandjenny // Follow to get our real-time updates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** CAMERAS ***** Interested in what gear we use? Here's a list of some it and links to Amazon where you can get your own. Panasonic Lumix GH5 https://amzn.to/2OlMdo5 Panasonic 35-100 2.8 lens https://amzn.to/2DbfdbF Rode Videomic pro https://amzn.to/2XMqEQE Rode smart lav mic https://amzn.to/2OGHe02 Canon G7x mkii https://amzn.to/2pKwqp4 Panasonic Lumix waterproof compact DMC-FT3 https://amzn.to/2DdzGMT GoPro Hero 3 black GoPro Hero 6 black https://amzn.to/34jsIC1 Rode Micro https://amzn.to/2Oh3YEM iPhone 6+ . https://amzn.to/2pSLD7K Drone - DJI Mavic Pro Fly more https://amzn.to/2KTP0T5 DJI Osmo pocket https://amzn.to/37EnYsz DJI Osmo pocket accessories https://amzn.to/2XLQLXM Zoom H1 Sound recorder . https://amzn.to/2OOkmvM Zoom H4 Sound Recorder https://amzn.to/2s8ABMf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** EDITING SOFTWARE ***** MacBook Pro https://amzn.to/2KTblA9 Final Cut Pro x with Marantz external mic https://amzn.to/2QOoIpd Lacie external Rugged Hard Drive https://amzn.to/2shNBzp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ******Navigation******* Navionics https://amzn.to/2KQBTSP Garmin inReach https://amzn.to/2QSk09R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get Tubebuddy for great stats for your YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/2eHmFPK

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Alexander Marine are pleased to present the 2017 Schionning Custom 66 'Kato' to the market as worldwide central agents. Begin the adventure of a lifetime on 'Kato', the ultimate blend of performance, comfort, and eco-friendly design. Discover this remarkable vessel that will transform your sailing experience, arguably the fastest cruising catamaran in the world! "Light, sturdy, fast, offshore, self-sufficient, hybrid" was the brief for the uncompromising owner of the latest model Schionning G-Force 2000 Special. What resulted is a performance catamaran that is truly pioneering with eco-friendly technology. You are invited to book a private inspection to view this vessel. If you are unable to travel to inspect this vessel, we would be pleased to offer you a personal guided video tour via telephone with one of our yacht consultants. Lying: Queensland.

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