I am working on the new episodes from this summer. We had some awesome times that I can't wait to share with you all. Stay tuned! I spent the last two seasons sailing my sailboat, Sedna, from Italy to Sweden. Now it's time for DIY boat projects on a budget, problem solving and, of course, sailing. Join us! The captain might be telling the story, but Sedna, She Rules The Waves... Join the Patreon crew to get access to all the perks and exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/sherulesthewaves Visit us at: https://www.sherulesthewaves.com Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/sherulesthewaves https://www.instagram.com/sherulesthewaves https://www.facebook.com/sherulesthewaves All upcoming videos are going to be released with early access for Patrons, before the public release on YouTube. Check out the tiers to see what else Patrons get exclusively! Please subscribe, like and comment. Your support is invaluable and will help us keep the videos coming! __________________________ Music by Linus Jackson (https://www.linusjackson.com) Voice of Lazie, the pet sloth: Anna Rozijan Featured songs: "She rules the waves" (SRTW Theme S4) https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/sherulesthewaves/journey?sid=5938206304370688&tc=1694815776742

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Planning a scenic motorcycle adventure to Almeria & Cabo de Gata! Anticipation builds for an incredible ride, featuring a one-of-a-kind Harley Davidson enthusiast. #MotorcycleTrip #Almeria #CaboDeGata #HarleyDavidson #ScenicRoute

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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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