Thanks Bones. Was originally looking at a portable unit. Actually a rollup unit from PowerFilm to put out when anchored when cruising or cabled to the main sail cover when the boat is stored on the trailer in the boat yard. Looks like Goal Zero now makes a maximum 20 watt foldable. Which is plenty good. Have decided to slip the boat this coming season, so looking at a more permanent (semi perm?) solution to keep the battery up during the week. Bill On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:44 AM, bownez@juno.com <bownez@juno.com> wrote:
Hi Bill,
I use a 30 watt portable solar panel for my M17. It is built like a brief case and unfolds. I set it up in the cockpit while I'm slipped or at anchor. Plugs into a DC jack in the cockpit.
It has a built in regulator as well.
The panel came from Goal Zero.
Nice thing about this setup is that you can easily move it from boat to boat to campsite to RV etc.......
Bones