Hi All,
The ORANA was delivered on the
deck of a large transport freighter and was offloaded in
Brisbane. We then completed our fitout and fitted
mast etc. and sailed her on to
Sydney.
The hard top would support the whole crew if need be, very solid. I have mounted the
solar on the hard top aft port side.They are Shell
Solar SQ80 times three, they were removed from the frames,removed the connector box and diodes, silver soldered leads onto the protruding tabs and ran these through a low flat profile channel to a waterproof junction box then down through the roof into the mid support and on into the Stbd
engine bay where the MP3129 PV charge solar controller was installed, all working like a dream.A
Victron 12/3000/120
Inverter Charger then supplies the necessary A/C
power.
The
solar panels when removed from frames are 2.5 mm thick and will flex slightly. I then glued them to roof with Sicaflex 219.
Would be happy to answer any more questions or post photos.
The
work out was only my time on the helm
steering due to the 3m swells being closely spaced into the 35-40 Kt breeze.
The elevated helm is great, good view all around can see both bows a little exposed but will be installing a romote A/P at nav station for long
passage operation.
The
anchor system works well, will be installing a Quick
remote control at the helm.
Gordon.