What kind of professional background do y'all have? You make the upgrades you've done so far look so easy! I would be intimidated to try and install solar panels and a windmill myself. I would also be nowhere near as chill as y'all seem to be. I'd be jumping out of my SKIN to be adventuring like you guys! Best wishes!
You guys make some nice 👍🏻 episodes .. would be nice if they were longer ., show a bit more of mundane maintenance things and upgrades & voyage prep .. it’s all what sailing channel viewers want to see 👌
Hello good sir, many thanks for your kind words. Like you I am a viewer and although I have my wants and wishes, we are all different and I can’t speak on behalf of everyone. Ahead of our Atlantic crossing we do have some major projects coming up including fitting a Hydrovane which we can’t wait to share.
hey guys, great videos! looking forward to seeing heaps more. Im out in NZ already, but i was excited to see you guys in Ipswich a for episodes back. I worked at Fox's marina for 2 years, and i couldnt forget the view of the bridge, great trip down memory lane. Stay safe, an i hope you have good weather.
Hello great vlogs, I am looking forward to seeing more, can you give me a time when this is. You are going to places here( UK) I visit and nice to see again, Swedish coast down through Netherlands and onward, I was in that marina at Brest and found them very friendly and helpful, keep up the good work, best wishes.
Tony Brown hey! That’s good we should have another out soon. This was shot in September ‘19 just before we crossed biscay so doing our best to try catch up to the present. Brest was a really nice marina perfect for boat jobs and preparations for the journey ahead.
Props on the wind and solar install. I have shied away from wind gen do to the noise. Just how quiet is the SILENTWIND PRO? Do you plan on installing an arch in the future? With an arch, you should have enough room for two more panels in a more efficient location. Be happy be safe.
Larry Boles thankyou! The noise has never been an issue for us. The wind in the rigging and waves on the hull seem to be louder. When it’s super windy at anchor and the batteries are full it just turns itself off and starts up for intervals when charge is required. Otherwise if we want quiet we just activate the brake on our phone for the evening. We are happy with this arrangement. Yeah we have another two panels to place between the poles to increase our charging. 🤙
Cheers mate, dunno I’m quite qualified for the technical stuff just yet but I’m sure we could put something together and discuss some of our experiences for ya!
Just discovered your channel and have been binge-watching as we prepare to buy a sailboat! We thoroughly enjoy your videos, your info and attitude :) Can you tell me what solar panels you bought for the rails? Thanks!
Hello great video !!!! and It seems very easy to fix all our stuff.. But It is hard work.. Just à question where dis you find the bracket for the solar panel ? Thanks in avance and good trip...
Thank you sir glad you enjoy. Your right, lots of hard work. The bracket is made by Noa a Swedish brand. You can find them at www.noa.se we have 4 mounts and they have been great. 👍
We used aluminium as that’s what we had onboard for spare material. Also it’s light, easy to work with and was simple to drill out once fixed in place. Stainless is a nightmare to cut and drill.
The tubing you slipped over the connections (when assembling your wind generator) may have been heat-shrink tubing. Did you zap them with a hair dryer or heat gun?
Great video(s) and very informative...thanks for posting. I have an Oceanis 40 and am considering this system as an option with an inverter as well. Did you connect to just the service batteries or to the engine and bow thruster ones too from the regulator? If so do you just connect in parallel with a fuse on the postive supply from the regulator to all batteries. And for the solar panels - did you connect them both in parallel into the single regulator input? Finally are you happy with the system? It wouls be really helpful to understand how you came to the decision to use this set up. Sorry for all the questions!!
Your very welcome 🙏. Good to hear it’s helpful for you. It’s a good system especially at night when anchored we are happy with the wind generator. It’s connected via breaker to the service batteries only. The solar panels (we have 4 now) are all parallel via a twin pole isolator and 30a Victron charge controller also only to the service batteries. We have 4x6volt batteries that work very well for us. We only have a very small 300w inverter just for changing laptops, if your interested our biscay video we test the wind gen and in our video departing to Morocco we show the battery system. Thanks for tuning in.
Flotte videoer, kjekt å se en båt fra Stavanger som er på langtur. Hvor store solcellepanel har dere? Hvor fikk dere tak i syrefaste stenger til å feste dem i? God tur, fair winds
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Such a brilliant couple ❤️
Great video my friends 👍🏻 Keep them coming! All the best and fair winds ⛵️
Thanks heaps Thomas! Glad you enjoyed them🙏🏻 Hope you are having a good time down i Grenada👌🏼
Catching up on the beaver episodes have never been so easy! Love ya work guys ✌🏻
Cheers guys🙌🏼
What kind of professional background do y'all have? You make the upgrades you've done so far look so easy! I would be intimidated to try and install solar panels and a windmill myself. I would also be nowhere near as chill as y'all seem to be. I'd be jumping out of my SKIN to be adventuring like you guys!
Best wishes!
Nice work. Been watching youre older vids and you both are calm,cool and collective. Make it look easy.
Cheers 🤙
Admire your videos and the quiet spirit that emanates from you both. Pleased i have found your channel.
Thankyou kind sir, very much appreciated! 🤙
You guys make some nice 👍🏻 episodes .. would be nice if they were longer ., show a bit more of mundane maintenance things and upgrades & voyage prep .. it’s all what sailing channel viewers want to see 👌
Hello good sir, many thanks for your kind words. Like you I am a viewer and although I have my wants and wishes, we are all different and I can’t speak on behalf of everyone. Ahead of our Atlantic crossing we do have some major projects coming up including fitting a Hydrovane which we can’t wait to share.
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Cheers and thanks for watching:)
hey guys, great videos! looking forward to seeing heaps more. Im out in NZ already, but i was excited to see you guys in Ipswich a for episodes back. I worked at Fox's marina for 2 years, and i couldnt forget the view of the bridge, great trip down memory lane. Stay safe, an i hope you have good weather.
Hey mate, thanks. Glad we could take ya down memory lane. Yeah foxs was a great place to get all our big boat jobs done. Enjoyed our time there. 🤙
Great content! Cant wait to see the Biscay crossing :) Fair winds
SV Bohemen yew! Cheers, shouldn’t be to long.
Hello great vlogs, I am looking forward to seeing more, can you give me a time when this is. You are going to places here( UK) I visit and nice to see again, Swedish coast down through Netherlands and onward, I was in that marina at Brest and found them very friendly and helpful, keep up the good work, best wishes.
Tony Brown hey! That’s good we should have another out soon. This was shot in September ‘19 just before we crossed biscay so doing our best to try catch up to the present. Brest was a really nice marina perfect for boat jobs and preparations for the journey ahead.
Many thanks for that, stay safe, I look forward to following you 🤗
Guys, you just complement each other with the boat work.
Thank you Mac!
Great following You guys :)
Cheers mate!
Love your videos! I just subscribed!
Thank you so much!🙌🏼
Keep it up guys!
Thanks for watching! We will, new video coming soon!
Props on the wind and solar install. I have shied away from wind gen do to the noise. Just how quiet is the SILENTWIND PRO?
Do you plan on installing an arch in the future? With an arch, you should have enough room for two more panels in a more efficient location. Be happy be safe.
Larry Boles thankyou! The noise has never been an issue for us. The wind in the rigging and waves on the hull seem to be louder. When it’s super windy at anchor and the batteries are full it just turns itself off and starts up for intervals when charge is required. Otherwise if we want quiet we just activate the brake on our phone for the evening. We are happy with this arrangement. Yeah we have another two panels to place between the poles to increase our charging. 🤙
@@SailingBeaver Heck that sounds great! As long as you can break the wind gen at anchor, I am happy. thanks for the reply
Yes the remote brake is a great function. No worries at all take it easy 🤙
Really enjoy your videos guys. Any chance of a tech talk giving the run down on which solar panels you went for and how they perform??
Cheers mate, dunno I’m quite qualified for the technical stuff just yet but I’m sure we could put something together and discuss some of our experiences for ya!
Do you have a meter to see how much electricity is being generated by both new systems? Love your videos. Thanks
Steve Simonsgaard hey thanks! , yeah we have the Silentwind app and connect via Bluetooth to monitor on the phones or iPad. Very handy indeed.
When were you guys in Marina Moulin Blanc? My boat is almost in sight down the dock... lol :)
Yeah that was from Moulin Blanc marina in Brest👌🏼
Just discovered your channel and have been binge-watching as we prepare to buy a sailboat! We thoroughly enjoy your videos, your info and attitude :) Can you tell me what solar panels you bought for the rails? Thanks!
Thank you sir, good to have you watching along. The panels are 110w phase sun, we have 4 in total now. Cheers 🤙
Hello great video !!!! and It seems very easy to fix all our stuff.. But It is hard work.. Just à question where dis you find the bracket for the solar panel ? Thanks in avance and good trip...
Thank you sir glad you enjoy. Your right, lots of hard work. The bracket is made by Noa a Swedish brand. You can find them at www.noa.se we have 4 mounts and they have been great. 👍
@@SailingBeaver thanks a lot for your information and we will follow your adventure and hope meeting you on the sea ....
No worries, hope to see you out there. 🤙
I know this is an old episode but if i may ask why are you using an aluminium and not stainless steel backing plate?
We used aluminium as that’s what we had onboard for spare material. Also it’s light, easy to work with and was simple to drill out once fixed in place. Stainless is a nightmare to cut and drill.
Heyy great video...what glue did you put on the backplate?
Hi mate! Thanks for watching! We used steelplast (glass fiber putty), dries pretty quick and is super solid
The tubing you slipped over the connections (when assembling your wind generator) may have been heat-shrink tubing. Did you zap them with a hair dryer or heat gun?
Yeah It was heat shrink at the top of the pole. I think we just used a lighter but maybe a heat gun would be better. 👍
Great video(s) and very informative...thanks for posting. I have an Oceanis 40 and am considering this system as an option with an inverter as well. Did you connect to just the service batteries or to the engine and bow thruster ones too from the regulator? If so do you just connect in parallel with a fuse on the postive supply from the regulator to all batteries. And for the solar panels - did you connect them both in parallel into the single regulator input? Finally are you happy with the system? It wouls be really helpful to understand how you came to the decision to use this set up. Sorry for all the questions!!
Your very welcome 🙏. Good to hear it’s helpful for you. It’s a good system especially at night when anchored we are happy with the wind generator. It’s connected via breaker to the service batteries only. The solar panels (we have 4 now) are all parallel via a twin pole isolator and 30a Victron charge controller also only to the service batteries. We have 4x6volt batteries that work very well for us. We only have a very small 300w inverter just for changing laptops, if your interested our biscay video we test the wind gen and in our video departing to Morocco we show the battery system. Thanks for tuning in.
Thanks guys I'll check out the Biscay and Morocco videos...look forward to them!
Hey team, how's your wind genny going? are you getting the results you wanted out of it?
Yeah mate she’s still going strong. Not as effective as our solar but on cloudy days and night time she’s our main provider! ⚡️
Flotte videoer, kjekt å se en båt fra Stavanger som er på langtur. Hvor store solcellepanel har dere? Hvor fikk dere tak i syrefaste stenger til å feste dem i? God tur, fair winds
Tusen takk Kjetil!:) Solcellepanelene våre er 110W hver. Stengene kjøpte vi på nett fra Svb www.svb24.com/en/stainless-steel-pipes-v4a.html. :)
Do you plan on uploading any more videos?
Yeah there is a lot more to come!
Hei, kjekk løsning på feste av solseller,
Takk skal du ha! :)