top of page
News & updates
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.
​
Let us know if there are any topics ​you would like us to take a deeper dive into: info@sunpoweredyachts.com
​
Join over 6.300 people receiving our quarterly email updates
Our Recent Posts
Tags
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
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
Â
Chartering: With and Without Solar Power
Learn about chartering a yacht with solar power and the advantages sailing with the sun brings to your on board experience and vacation. Sil
Katie Burgess
Jul 31, 20193 min read
Â
Case Study: Time to Go Solar by Ed Eisen
Time to Go Solar by Ed Eisen It's midsummer. We're at our favorite anchorage, and it's another perfect day on the water. What makes it...
Ed Eisen
Apr 1, 201912 min read
Â
SunPower 170W is in stock and ready to ship!
The new SunPower E-Flex 170W panel is available in our store and ready to ship! The largest and highest efficiency SunPower flexible...
Lyall Burgess
Mar 23, 20192 min read
Â
Just 2 weeks to the Richmond boatshow!
Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show It's just two weeks until the next boat show that Sun Powered Yachts will be exhibiting at. The Pacific...
Lyall Burgess
Mar 20, 20192 min read
Â
Powering Your World!
Turn up your speakers and get inspired to go solar with SunPower!
Katie Burgess
Mar 19, 20191 min read
Â
RVwithTito reviews the SunPower 110W
A really neat video you can find on YouTube produced by Brian from RVwithTito. He takes one of the SunPower 110W E-Flex panels and tests...
Lyall Burgess
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Â
Going Solar on the Great Loop
A 6,000NM adventure of a lifetime! Sun Powered Yachts is very excited to be a new sponsor of the America's Great Loop Cruisers'...
Katie Burgess
Feb 19, 20192 min read
Â
IRS publishes Form 5695 for 2018
The IRS just recently published Form 5695 for 2018. This is the IRS form that you would need to complete to take advantage of the 30%...
Katie Burgess
Feb 16, 20191 min read
Â
Having the fun without the hassle!
At the San Diego boatshow we were chatting with John Arndt from Latitude 38, the sailing magazine, and among other things we started...
Katie Burgess
Feb 10, 20192 min read
Â
Sun Powered Yachts in San Diego!
Wow what another busy boatshow that has taken us more than a few days to recover from! The boatshow in San Diego at the SunRoad Marina...
Katie Burgess
Feb 8, 20193 min read
Â
Boat Shows in 2019
After a successful launch of Sun Powered Yachts at the Annapolis Boat Show in October 2018 we soon realized that it's important for us to...
Lyall Burgess
Jan 10, 20192 min read
Â
bottom of page