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From: Joe & Lynn Jelinski (no email)
Date: Sun Oct 31 2004 - 22:18:37 EST
One option is to use the Fourwinds wind generator, which has a water
generator option. Apparently you convert from the wind blades to a towed
water-blade assembly, and it takes about ten minutes to do the
conversion. Might take me longer.
I have the wind generator, and it works pretty well. A friend on a
sistership has the same wind generator with the water conversion, and he's
underway to the Caribbean right now, using the water generator.
Joe
s/v Sunshine
At 09:23 PM 10/31/2004, you wrote:
>--- In , Jim Maxey <jmax010 at y dot dot dot >
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> > Has anyone thought of using either a electric outboard motor with
>the propeller reversed or replacing the power head of a standard
>outboard motor shaft/prop assembly? I could envision this mounted
>on a standard retracting outboard motor bracket so it could raised
>up out of the water when it is not needed or wanted for reduced drag.
> > Jim
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>Yep Jim,
>In fact an AQUAIR U.W. (no financial connection to them), mounted on
>a retractable pole, is what I will probably be using on my Rasmus
>35.
>I have a Max prop which can be locked in reverse to make it quite
>efficient for using the drive shaft to regen but I would rather keep
>the process separate. I see this as a great way to "trickle charge",
>as someone here put it, while on long multi day/week trips.
>eric
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