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On Mon, 25 May 2009 13:47:17 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: The only "job" wind generators do well is disturb the peace and quite of an otherwise peaceful anchorage. Look around at any and all sailboats using wind generators and you will see selfish, inconsiderate jerks who think their energy hog habits take precedence over the peace and quite of dozens of boaters who have sensible energy requirements. To put it bluntly, almost without exception, boats with noisy wind generators are inhabited by assholes. The ironic thing is the 2MW units the local power company owns are actually pretty quiet. Just a soft whoosh three times a second, and a little whine from the gears. Of course, if you put one of those high revving yacht jobs on a 200 foot mast, it might not be so loud. The high rev classic that pumped water on my uncles place wasn't super loud. I don't remember much noise from the actual turbine, but the rod to the pump clanked. I had a neighbor with a Rebel [first of the fiberglass sailboats, 16 ft, 700 lbs.], and the halyard beat on the mast day after day, year after year. Nobody cared. Casady Casady |
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On May 26, 10:18*am, Richard Casady
wrote: On Mon, 25 May 2009 13:47:17 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: The only "job" wind generators do well is disturb the peace and quite of an otherwise peaceful anchorage. Look around at any and all sailboats using wind generators and you will see selfish, inconsiderate jerks who think their energy hog habits take precedence over the peace and quite of dozens of boaters who have sensible energy requirements. .. I had a neighbor with a Rebel [first of the fiberglass sailboats, 16 ft, 700 lbs.], and the halyard beat on the mast day after day, year after year. Nobody cared. We have a few wind gens here in the marina and they have never made any annoying noise until the winds hit 110-120 in gusts. Then they sounded like an indy car at full rev's until it came apart. Being it was upwind I had a few seconds warning to expect a strong gust. A few days later I found the field winding to it about 300 yards upwind from the boat. I love the sound of a marina full of lanyard slapping sailboats, better than wind chimes... it drives the power boaters mad ;0) Joe Casady Casady |
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There are two oldish wind gens across the from my boat. Both were running
last night in fairly steady 15-20 kts. Didn't hear them at all. "Joe" wrote in message ... On May 26, 10:18 am, Richard Casady wrote: On Mon, 25 May 2009 13:47:17 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: The only "job" wind generators do well is disturb the peace and quite of an otherwise peaceful anchorage. Look around at any and all sailboats using wind generators and you will see selfish, inconsiderate jerks who think their energy hog habits take precedence over the peace and quite of dozens of boaters who have sensible energy requirements. .. I had a neighbor with a Rebel [first of the fiberglass sailboats, 16 ft, 700 lbs.], and the halyard beat on the mast day after day, year after year. Nobody cared. We have a few wind gens here in the marina and they have never made any annoying noise until the winds hit 110-120 in gusts. Then they sounded like an indy car at full rev's until it came apart. Being it was upwind I had a few seconds warning to expect a strong gust. A few days later I found the field winding to it about 300 yards upwind from the boat. I love the sound of a marina full of lanyard slapping sailboats, better than wind chimes... it drives the power boaters mad ;0) Joe Casady Casady -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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On Tue, 26 May 2009 10:18:33 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote: On Mon, 25 May 2009 13:47:17 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: The only "job" wind generators do well is disturb the peace and quite of an otherwise peaceful anchorage. Look around at any and all sailboats using wind generators and you will see selfish, inconsiderate jerks who think their energy hog habits take precedence over the peace and quite of dozens of boaters who have sensible energy requirements. To put it bluntly, almost without exception, boats with noisy wind generators are inhabited by assholes. The ironic thing is the 2MW units the local power company owns are actually pretty quiet. Just a soft whoosh three times a second, and a little whine from the gears. Of course, if you put one of those high revving yacht jobs on a 200 foot mast, it might not be so loud. The high rev classic that pumped water on my uncles place wasn't super loud. I don't remember much noise from the actual turbine, but the rod to the pump clanked. I had a neighbor with a Rebel [first of the fiberglass sailboats, 16 ft, 700 lbs.], and the halyard beat on the mast day after day, year after year. Nobody cared. Casady Casady I suppose that if one were sailing off across the pacific one might be a bit less concerned about wind generator noise and more interested in the amps it produced. After all 3500 miles with 12 MPH winds, as Peter just experienced -- the batteries might get run down a tad. Of course, in the marina it makes little sense to run them as power is available right there at the pole :-) Cheers, Bruce in Bangkok (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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