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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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Lyall Burgess

Jan 9, 20201 min read

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...

Kelly Ran

Jan 2, 20202 min read

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...

Katie Burgess

Oct 13, 20193 min read

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

Lyall Burgess

Oct 3, 20192 min read

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...

Katie Burgess

Sep 30, 20191 min read

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...

Lyall Burgess

Sep 1, 20192 min read

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...

SunPower 110W ocean tested on TransPac 2019

Lyall Burgess

Aug 2, 20192 min read

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 -...

Chartering: With and Without Solar Power

Katie Burgess

Jul 31, 20193 min read

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

Ed Eisen

Apr 1, 201912 min read

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...

SunPower 170W is in stock and ready to ship!

Lyall Burgess

Mar 23, 20192 min read

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 20, 20192 min read

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...

Katie Burgess

Mar 19, 20191 min read

Powering Your World!

Turn up your speakers and get inspired to go solar with SunPower!

Lyall Burgess

Mar 17, 20191 min read

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...

Katie Burgess

Feb 19, 20192 min read

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 16, 20191 min read

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 10, 20192 min read

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 8, 20193 min read

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...

Lyall Burgess

Jan 10, 20192 min read

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...

'Kaimana' Tells us About Their Sun Powered Yacht

Scott Saville

Jan 1, 20193 min read

'Kaimana' Tells us About Their Sun Powered Yacht

Happy New Year! To start the year off, I wanted to share a recent solar testimonial from our friends Scott and Melissa aboard Kaimana!...

'On The Wind' - a sailing podcast by #59North

Katie Burgess

Dec 12, 20181 min read

'On The Wind' - a sailing podcast by #59North

Sun Powered Yachts is proud to be a new supporter of the 'On The Wind' sailing podcast made by our good friends at 59° North sailing. ...

Introducing the SunPower® E-Flex 170Watt: The World's Most Powerful Flexible Solar Panel

Katie Burgess

Nov 12, 20182 min read

Introducing the SunPower® E-Flex 170Watt: The World's Most Powerful Flexible Solar Panel

Sun Powered Yachts is so excited to announce the new SunPower® E-Flex series 170Watt flexible solar panel! It is literally being...

Sunshine & Solar at the Annapolis Sail Boat Show

Lyall Burgess

Oct 16, 20182 min read

Sunshine & Solar at the Annapolis Sail Boat Show

It is only now that we are back home that Katie and I are finding the time to look back on what was a very busy 5 days at the Annapolis...

Lyall Burgess

Sep 24, 20183 min read

Strength in the solar cell

When looking around online and deciding on the next steps in going solar there seems to be an endless supply of flexible panels to choose...

Sailing with Kids | What it takes to be an "Intrepid sailing family"

Katie Burgess

Sep 15, 20183 min read

Sailing with Kids | What it takes to be an "Intrepid sailing family"

When Lyall and I met sailing in St. Lucia, we both knew sailing was something we would want to share with our children as soon as we...

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