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At Sun Powered Yachts we're here to help you go solar. Throughout our website we have useful information and this is where we add our news updates. It might be a topic we delve deeper into helping to answer some of those FAQs we touch on, we'll provide updates on solar panel options, what the team are up to and what boatshows we'll be at.
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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'...
Katie Burgess
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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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...
Lyall Burgess
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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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 22, 20204 min read
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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 19, 20201 min read
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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...
Katie Burgess
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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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 26, 20202 min read
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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 23, 20201 min read
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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
Sep 9, 20203 min read
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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 13, 20203 min read
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'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...
Lyall Burgess
Aug 10, 20201 min read
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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
Aug 6, 20207 min read
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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...
Katie Burgess
Jul 28, 20203 min read
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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
Jun 6, 20202 min read
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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 26, 20202 min read
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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 18, 20202 min read
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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
May 3, 20203 min read
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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 29, 20201 min read
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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 18, 20206 min read
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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
Apr 4, 20201 min read
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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 27, 20202 min read
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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...
Lyall Burgess
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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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...
Ed Eisen
Mar 9, 20203 min read
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Case Study: Going Solar aboard Rita Kathryn
We were pleased to help Paul & Anne Marie go solar with SunPower aboard their Amel Super Maramu 'Rita Kathryn'. As with all of our...
Lyall Burgess
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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'Range Anxiety' - does it effect electric boat owners too?
I recently read an interesting article about 'Range Anxiety' that can be experienced by electric car owners and can't help but wonder if...
Lyall Burgess
Feb 13, 20203 min read
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