Bill,
I have seen those, but they are expensive for what they deliver. Probably because they sell in a premium market segment. You are always quite close to them on a boat and I agree, silence is a very great part of the sailing experience and I can imagine that any non-natural sound is disturbing. Hakan At 23:00 07/01/2004, you wrote: >Have you looked into devices currently available for boats? As a >former cruising sailor, I used solar and diesel, but many folks also >used wind generators. Works well on boats, especially in lattitudes >of the daily, steady trade winds. Personally I craved absolute >quiet. The wind mills weren't loud, but I didn't like the constant >whirl-whirl-whirl sound. > >Look at these: > ><http://www.defender.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?>http://www.defender.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi? >keywords=wind+generator&frames=yes&store=yes > ><http://www.boatus-store.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?>http://www.boatus-store.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay? >storeId=20002&langId=-1&catalogId=20002&productId=62537 > ><http://www.svhotwire.com/kiss.html>http://www.svhotwire.com/kiss.html > >I have seen all three of these widely used on boats. Some are >quieter than others. Everyone I talked to who was using these were >pleased with their output and reliability. No one expected them to >be a primary power source. > >Fair winds, >Bill Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
