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From: jim_both (no email)
Date: Mon Nov 01 2004 - 19:23:30 EST
Another reason is that the apparent wind when sailing may be
insufficient to be effective for wind generation.
--- In , "Jon Brown" <jb510_yg at h dot dot dot >
wrote:
> I don't understand WHY anyone would drag windmill in the water? If
you're sailing, you've got enough wind to spin it right? If you're
motoring then you've got an alternator spinning right? What am I
missing here?
>
> I like the idea of a propshaft mounted alternator, especially for
larger boats. It seems simple and logical.
>
> However, it seems that a wind generator is a lot more versatile and
just as, if not more, efficient than the propshaft mounted alternator
arrangement. In addition to being more versatile since it works on
the hook (assuming there is wind) as well as at sea. I understand
needing solar and wind, or solar and propshaft alternator, but WHY
would anyone need both a Wind Gen and Water Gen?
>
> I'm very confused...
>
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