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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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Cats were considered good luck on board ships and were well looked after. Follow for fun facts about all things sailing, including sailing traditions and nautical superstitions #sailing #boatlife #cats #funfacts #sailboat

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Book a private boat in Cancun and get ready to experience the best party ever! https://experienciascancun.com/

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https://www.ewincher.com/en/ - website for Ewincher, the electric winch handle. Main features: - 3 operating modes : electric, manual, combined - Powerful - High speed - Precise - Low weight: 2.2 kg - Long battery life - Torque limiter

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The highly anticipated Leopard 50 will be launching in 2018.

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armamento: (s.m.) [A]. (Terminologia) fitting out, equipment, rig Equipaggiamento necessario perché una imbarcazione possa navigare anche in regola con la legislazione. Riferito ai tipi di attrezzatura si usa anche per distinguere i diversi tipi di imbarcazione (es. "armamento a goletta"). [B]. porto di a. (Terminologia) port of armament, fitting-out port Località nella quale è registrata l'imbarcazione ai fini amministrativi. Si indica anche come porto di appartenenza. Viene riportato sullo scafo delle navi e talvolta sulla poppa delle imbarcazioni da diporto, soprattutto straniere. [C]. a. di fortuna (Emergenze) jury-rig Riferito normalmente ad imbarcazioni a vela che hanno subito danni all'alberatura, e si intende un insieme di pali, vele e cime atte a far comunque avanzare l'imbarcazione. arare: (v.) (Manovre) to drag Vedi "ancora che ara". approdo: (s.m.) (Identificazione) landing pier Designazione generica di un punto a terra adatto ad approdare (es. una cala, un porto). balumina: (s.f.) (Alberatura e vele) leech Bordo non inferito della vela in corrispondenza dell'uscita del vento dalla vela stessa. La balumina può essere più o meno allunata, per aumentare la superficie della vela. La tensione di questo bordo si può regolare con una apposita piccola cima, inserita nel bordo stesso, e chiamata "meolo". 📌 Vienimi a trovare presso il cantiere BARCHE BELLANDI a Via Vò s/n 25015 Desenzano del Garda (BS) 🛥 Sei un appassionato del mondo della nautica? Vieni a dare un'occhiata al mio blog http://www.barchemania.com Il canale YouTube di Barche Bellandi è l'unico in Italia che ti permette di essere sempre aggiornato su: ✔ Test in acqua imbarcazioni nuove. ✔ Test in acqua imbarcazioni usate. ✔ Presentazione in anteprima di imbarcazioni ai saloni nautici. ✔ Tutorial pratici su imbarcazioni ed accessori. ✔ Tutorial tecnici su imbarcazioni e motori. ✔ Riflessioni sul mondo della nautica da diporto. Mi trovi anche su: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/barchebellandi Blog http://www.barchemania.com Rimani in contatto con me iscrivendoti al canale Barche Bellandi https://www.youtube.com/NauticaBellandi 📝 Se hai dubbi o domande inerenti al video lascia un commento, ti risponderò al più presto! Buon vento Oscar Bellandi

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