Yacht Wind Turbines

This is one of my dream possessions, a yacht thatThis is a more intelligent generator that has an
is.If I get one I probably will install a yacht windonboard micro processor to improve all the fucntions
generator to charge my onboard batteries.including overall performance, battery charging and
You know the modern yachts now carry a lot ofthe reduction of the annoying flatter noise that is
electronic equipment on board things like gps, radarcommon on most other brands.
and if you have autopilot that also needs power toIt also has a built in high wind safe mode that
run. If you are out on the sea you definetely can notautomatically slows the generator down in high winds
stop and recharge your batteries. You could haveas well as the auto brake system that stops the
solar panels installed but what if there’s no sun.wind generator when the batteries become fully
What do you do then?charged. It comes with a full marine tower kit for
It makes sense then to have a marine windeasy mounting on any sailboat.
generator installed on your yacht, so you can enjoyThere’s also the Ampair brand. They produce
your ride to the fullest. Nowadays they now evenmore heavy duty type marine wind generators. Their
have yacht wind generators that also double up asgenerators tend to be all weather proof make up
water generator which generates power by using thewhich includes a sealed design which does not allow
water to turn a propellor a the yacht moves. This isyou any access into the units sensitive areas. You
kind of like the old hydro electric plant design just oncan get them in 3 different power outputs that is
a smaller scale.the Ampair 600, Ampair 300, and Ampair 100 micro
One of the most popular such generator is the Duowind turbine.
Gen. They recently released the newer model DuoThere are other brands of yacht wind generators
Gen 2 which has some improvements on the olderavailable on the market, but I thought I would just
version, mostly just stronger fixtures and installationsmention a few here to let you know that you do
to make it more durable and therefore last you manyhave a few choices to choose from. I guess your
yours to come.decision will be based on where you are you are
Another type you could consider is the Air-X-Marine.going to be doing most of your sailing.