Sailing in the Mediterranean we needed a stern anchor for our 10m (33ft) Moody Eclipse, Aderyn Glas, so before we left Port Napoleon in southern France we fabricated this bracket.…
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Mon and Brec Canal boating: Lessons learned from our first inland experience
For years my wife, Ann, and I have been Greek Mediterranean cruisers – we keep our Moody Eclipse Aderyn Glas in Preveza, but haven’t been able to visit since the…
How much sunlight can you expect to reach a boat’s solar panels?
This might sound impossible, but in fact it’s easier than you think, thanks to some handy scientific data published online by the European Joint Research Centre. How can I find…
What is insolation? How much power is reaching my boat’s solar panels?
The sun is 93 million miles away, give or take. Packets of energy called photons leave it and travel at 186,000 miles per second just to fall on us and…
Boat solar panels: Everything you need to know to get started
Want to add solar panels to your boat, or wonder how to make the most of those you already have? David Berry advises