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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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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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Your Victron MPPT controller & app explained
There are many components that go into making up your solar system and after your SunPower flexible solar panels the second biggest part...
Lyall Burgess
Feb 4, 20204 min read
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Latitude 38 magazine - 'World of Chartering'
We were really excited to receive our February issue of Latitude 38 magazine and on p.90 find an article about our recent family trip to...
Lyall Burgess
Feb 2, 20201 min read
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DYC Owner Use Time - What is it and how to maximize it?
Having recently returned from a last minute owner use sailing holiday in Tahiti, I wanted to take a moment and share some more details on...
Katie Burgess
Jan 28, 20203 min read
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Seattle - it's boatshow time!
Seattle - it's boatshow time! It's our first boatshow of 2020 and I am here at the Seattle Boat Show, CenturyLink Field Event Center. ...
Lyall Burgess
Jan 24, 20201 min read
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Electric Bike Review - A Custom Install
I wanted to share a video from our very first customer to buy a SunPower 170W flexible solar panel from us. Rob was working on a pretty...
Lyall Burgess
Jan 16, 20201 min read
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2020 - Federal Tax Credit is now 26%
2020 - Federal Tax Credit is now 26% You may know by now that there is a Federal Tax Credit for going solar on your boat, but did you...
Lyall Burgess
Jan 13, 20201 min read
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Shop now & pay later with PayPal Credit
Sun Powered Yachts can now offer PayPal credit on orders over $99. Let us help you go solar with SunPower and spread the cost over 6...
Lyall Burgess
Jan 9, 20201 min read
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Flexible Solar On A Budget
Grab your copy of January's SAIL magazine for an article written by Kelly Ran, one of our customers that installed 5x100W SunPower E-flex...
Kelly Ran
Jan 2, 20202 min read
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Reflections: Our First Year in Business
Reflecting on our first year of business since launching Sun Powered Yachts last year in Annapolis. We share our highs and lows and goals f
Katie Burgess
Oct 13, 20193 min read
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IBEX & the marine industry are buzzing!
We have just come to the end of our last day at IBEX in Tampa, FL and it has been a really busy & inspiring few days. For those of you...
Lyall Burgess
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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As featured in SAIL magazine
We were thrilled to receive our October issue of SAIL magazine in the mail and find the SunPower E-flex solar panels featured in the...
Katie Burgess
Sep 30, 20191 min read
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Join us at IBEX 2019
Join us in a month's time at booth #1-614 at the IBEX show in Tampa, Florida October 1-3 where Sun Powered Yachts will be exhibiting the...
Lyall Burgess
Sep 1, 20192 min read
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SunPower 110W ocean tested on TransPac 2019
For many sailors on the West Coast the bi-annual TransPac is on their bucket list, who wouldn't want to race from LA to Hawaii -...
Lyall Burgess
Aug 2, 20192 min read
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