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From: Joe & Lynn Jelinski (no email)
Date: Mon Nov 01 2004 - 21:19:45 EST
I agree. Several long-term cruisers have told me that the "coconut milk
run" route through the tropics is nearly all downwind.
If that's the case, you end up running with double headsails poled out, and
you see boats equipped with two whisker poles for that reason. The
apparent wind when running is so slight that you can't get the wind
generator to spin, and that's when the water generator option becomes
attractive. Those folks deploy either the wind generator or the water
generator as required to charge their batteries. I haven't heard of anyone
doing both simultaneously, but maybe some do.
I'm down in Melbourne FL for the Seven Seas Cruising Association's annual
gam this weekend. There will be several circumnavigators in attendance,
and if anyone needs firsthand confirmation, I can collar one of them and
get some opinions. But be careful what you wish for -- any three sailors
will have at least four opinions among them....
Joe
s/v Sunshine
At 07:23 PM 11/1/2004, you wrote:
>Another reason is that the apparent wind when sailing may be
>insufficient to be effective for wind generation.
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> > 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?
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> > I like the idea of a propshaft mounted alternator, especially for
>larger boats. It seems simple and logical.
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> > 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?
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> > I'm very confused...
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Joe & Lynn Jelinski
s/v Sunshine
411 Walnut Street #1425
Green Cove Springs FL 32043
(843) 412-4331
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