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Sizing your lithium battery bank for a sailboat — Skysat workshop method 2026

Choosing 200 Ah of lithium for a 40 ft sailboat is easy. It’s also probably wrong. The Skysat workshop method has 5 steps: 24 h energy balance by load, simultaneity coefficient, safety margin, useful DoD, final capacity selection. Numerical examples for 30 / 40 / 50 ft sailboats in coastal vs offshore cruising. The right sizing costs 30 % more upfront and 50 % less in usage frustration.