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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Admiral 40 Executive cruising catamaran for sale by owner. Details at: http://www.catamaransite.com/catamarans-for-sale.html

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Yelkenli yatçılığa giriş için bir haftalık eğitimler en ideal başlangıç basamağıdır ⛵️⛵️⛵️ 7 gün boyunca teknede konakladığınız ve her gün başka başka koylarda kaldığınız bu eğitimde, Yaz içerisinde kendinize hem eğitim hem de bir nevi tatil de planlamış olursunuz. Bir taşla iki kuş vurabilirsiniz 🥳🥳🥳 Eğitimlere düşük maliyetlerle katılmak için kampanyalar ve indirimlerden faydalanmak da, Kredi kartına taksit yaparak ödeme kolaylığı sağlamak da mümkün. Bunun için bizi arayın eğitiminizi beraber planlayalım ve bu harika dünyaya ilk adımınızı birlikte atalım. İletişim: Bora ERDEN⁣⁣⁣⁣ Müs.Dz.Yzb. & Uzakyol Kaptanı⁣⁣⁣ IYT Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor⁣⁣⁣⁣ ☎ 0533 359 4482⁣⁣⁣⁣ 📧 bora.erden@captainssailing.com⁣⁣⁣⁣ #yelkeneğitimi #yelkenlitekne #yaztatili #aksiyontatili #tatilplanı

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Join us as we tackle a nautical nightmare! Discover the frustrating bathroom door issue on our boat and how its poor construction impacts showering. Learn about charter boat design flaws and the challenges of converting a boat built for charter to personal use. #BoatProblems #BoatLife #DIYBoatRepair #Sailing #BoatProblems #BoatLife #DIYBoatRepair #Sailing #BathroomRenovation #CharterBoat #BoatMaintenance #NauticalNightmare #DIYProjects #HomeImprovement

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Join me, Capn Tinsley, on Salty Podcast #46 as I chat with Tania Aebi, the trailblazing sailor who, at just 18, embarked on a solo circumnavigation aboard her 26-foot sailboat Varuna in the 1980s—navigating without GPS and changing sailing history forever. LIVE Wed, 12/11/24, at 6pm CST. Podcast Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/SaltyPodcastPlaylist Tania Aebi’s journey, completed between 1985 and 1987, marked her as the first American woman—and one of the youngest individuals ever—to sail around the world alone. Her memoir Maiden Voyage continues to inspire sailors globally, illustrating her incredible story of resilience, self-discovery, & adventure. Details about her groundbreaking voyage and insights into solo sailing will be a must-listen for anyone passionate about sailing. #SaltyAbandon #SaltyPodcast #Sailing #TaniaAebi #SoloCircumnavigation #SailingLegends

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