| This is one of my dream possessions, a yacht that | | | | This is a more intelligent generator that has an |
| is.If I get one I probably will install a yacht wind | | | | onboard 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 of | | | | the reduction of the annoying flatter noise that is |
| electronic equipment on board things like gps, radar | | | | common on most other brands. |
| and if you have autopilot that also needs power to | | | | It also has a built in high wind safe mode that |
| run. If you are out on the sea you definetely can not | | | | automatically slows the generator down in high winds |
| stop and recharge your batteries. You could have | | | | as 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 wind | | | | easy mounting on any sailboat. |
| generator installed on your yacht, so you can enjoy | | | | There’s also the Ampair brand. They produce |
| your ride to the fullest. Nowadays they now even | | | | more heavy duty type marine wind generators. Their |
| have yacht wind generators that also double up as | | | | generators tend to be all weather proof make up |
| water generator which generates power by using the | | | | which includes a sealed design which does not allow |
| water to turn a propellor a the yacht moves. This is | | | | you any access into the units sensitive areas. You |
| kind of like the old hydro electric plant design just on | | | | can 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 Duo | | | | wind turbine. |
| Gen. They recently released the newer model Duo | | | | There are other brands of yacht wind generators |
| Gen 2 which has some improvements on the older | | | | available on the market, but I thought I would just |
| version, mostly just stronger fixtures and installations | | | | mention a few here to let you know that you do |
| to make it more durable and therefore last you many | | | | have 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. |