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We had the best day on the water celebrating Summer Sailstice 2021 aboard SV Solstice. The Summer Sailstice is organized by the West...

RVwithTito has recently added a new video to his YouTube channel where he looks at the power production from his flexible solar panels...

The 'Pat II' is a 39’ launch built in 1924 at Alexandria Bay, NY. She served as a tour boat in the Thousand Islands from 1924 to 1955. ...

'Plaintiff's Rest' is a 35-foot Hinterhoeller Niagara built in 1985, a classic sailing vessel fit to satisfy any sailor’s thirst for blue...

We're super excited that starting Feb 1st 1% of all sales at Sun Powered Yachts will go directly to help support the Papahānaumokuākea...

Here we detail some more info on the three stages of charging your batteries with solar. Don't forget the Victron MPPT solar charge controller is the box of tricks that regulates the flow of power from the solar panels to the battery bank. The MPPT controller is always 'talking' to your solar panels to see what solar power is available and 'talking' to your battery bank to see what it needs. Importantly your MPPT controller prevents overcharging of the batteries. Battery

After starting to sell the SunPower fixed frame solar panels earlier in 2020 we are now starting to receive more and more install photos...

Did you know over 90% of boats on the water are built to ABYC Standards? Sun Powered Yachts is proud to be an ABYC Member, ABYC is the...

Good news for the New Year! As part of a much larger Federal Spending Bill ($1.4 trillion) the renewable energy tax credits have been...

At Sun Powered Yachts we're now happy to start offering Gift Cards that are redeemable in our store or towards an invoice with us. Why...

I'll be honest I've been sailing on boats since 2004 and have lived off grid for 8+ years in Hawaii but it wasn't until a few years ago...

You may see the phrase 'solar generator' online as more and more brands come onto the market. They can also be called portable power...

As part of our solar consultation to help answer your questions about going solar and putting together a complete system we will email...

The bar chart above is a good visual of what's happening to the Federal Tax Credit for going solar on your boat - yes, your boat! ...

We have had a few customers that have combined the advantages of the SunPower flexible solar panels (lower price, lightweight) to create...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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...

Electroluminescence (EL) Testing for solar modules Electroluminescence (EL) imaging is used by SunPower to test every one of their...

We're super excited to start advertising with Hawaii Boats & Yachts magazine and help more boaters in Hawaii go solar with SunPower. The...

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...

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