Latitude 38 magazine - 'World of Chartering'
Check out November's issue of Latitude 38 magazine and on p.82 you'll find Katie's article about "Sailing Turkey's Turquoise Coast". Our...
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Lyall Burgess
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
How should I disconnect my solar panels?
We often get asked the question how should I disconnect my solar panels. I would say for the majority of installs once the panels are up...
Katie Burgess
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
SunPower flexible solar panel "bundles"
We often found that we were getting asked which MPPT controller would work for 2 panels and so we have put together a range of 'bundles'...
Lyall Burgess
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Bird B Gone!
Wowsers! We had an email from one of our customers Dave showing some before and after photos of an issue they were dealing with that was...
Katie Burgess
- Oct 22, 2020
- 4 min
Dufour Grand Large 382 or 412? Is it worth the extra cost?
When we were researching buying our Dufour 382 four years ago, there were little to no blogs or articles from owners on the features of...
Katie Burgess
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
What is EL testing?
Electroluminescence (EL) Testing for solar modules Electroluminescence (EL) imaging is used by SunPower to test every one of their...
Katie Burgess
- Oct 18, 2020
- 1 min
Find us in Hawaii Boats & Yachts Magazine
We're super excited to start advertising with Hawaii Boats & Yachts magazine and help more boaters in Hawaii go solar with SunPower. The...
Lyall Burgess
- Sep 26, 2020
- 2 min
We're sailing in ARC 2021!
We have just this week signed up to take part in ARC 2021 and are super excited about it. We will be sailing aboard 'Blake', our Dufour...
Lyall Burgess
- Sep 24, 2020
- 1 min
What is the Victron Community?
The Victron Community is an online, searchable knowledge base of questions and answers regarding Victron Energy products. It's a place...
Lyall Burgess
- Sep 9, 2020
- 3 min
What does solar ready mean on my RV?
We often receive emails from owners saying that their RV or camper is "solar ready" or "wired for solar" asking if they can just hook up...
Lyall Burgess
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
Case study: Pedal powered or solar powered?
We wanted to share with you a case study for a customer with a pretty unique marine application! East Coast BrewBoat is a super fun,...
Lyall Burgess
- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
'Out The Gate' Podcast with Katie Burgess | Episode: 10
It's been a little while now since Katie sat down with Ben Shaw and was interviewed for his Out The Gate Podcast episode 10 (he's now at...
Katie Burgess
- Aug 6, 2020
- 7 min
Sailing Turkey's 'Turquoise' Coast
I will start this off by admitting that this charter was one of the most challenging to book. I essentially booked three completely...
Katie Burgess
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Jeanneau SO 389 Yacht Review
We had the pleasure of sailing a 2019 Jeanneau 389, our version was a fixed keel with three cabins, in Turkey for three weeks. I wanted...
Lyall Burgess
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
What do all the flashing lights mean on my controller?!
The SmartSolar range of Victron Energy MPPT charge controllers all have a number of LEDs on the front, the smaller controllers have 2...
Lyall Burgess
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
How is my solar panel wired up?
Your SunPower E-flex solar panel is made up of a number of single solar cells wired together in series coming together at the junction...
Lyall Burgess
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
What is Lahaina noon?
In Hawaii over the weekend we experienced Lahaina Noon, a pretty cool tropical solar phenomenon. What is Lahaina noon? Great question,...
Lyall Burgess
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
ARC Europe 2005 flashbacks!
After rummaging through a desk drawer and finding a few hard drives I had a look through some old sailing photos which brought back some...
Lyall Burgess
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
RVwithTito - one year later!
RVwithTito is a very popular YouTube channel by Brian who covers how to do DIY projects and improvements to your RV. Last year he...
Lyall Burgess
- Apr 18, 2020
- 6 min
Our Top 7 Boatshow Questions
We are missing the BoatShow life We all know where we would rather be right now - yep at the Pacific Boatshow in Richmond CA, we had such...
Lyall Burgess
- Apr 4, 2020
- 1 min
The last of the 100Watts!
The last of the 100Watts! At the time of writing (April 4th) there are now only 15 of the 100W SunPower E-flex solar panels left in stock....
Lyall Burgess
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
SV Delos goes solar with SunPower
We're super excited about SV Delos going solar with SunPower! We've been catching some glimpses of their SunPower 170W & 110W E-flex...
Lyall Burgess
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Sail Clarity goes solar with SunPower
Nick & Megan are now living aboard their fourth boat, a Leopard 46' catamaran, and share their experiences & travels via their website...
Ed Eisen
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
10 months later - an update from Ed Eisen
We wanted to post an update from Ed Eisen who wrote an article about having gone solar that we published back in April 2019. He...