{"id":10433,"date":"2010-02-19T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=10433"},"modified":"2010-02-19T11:57:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T16:57:59","slug":"shaft-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/shaft-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaft generator"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aloha Steve and Linda,
\nWe are building a 65′ Catamaran and trying to get as much of our electricity needs from solar and hydro. We chose a Duogen turbine but so far haven’t found a way to install it in a cat. Then I read that you used a shaft generator in one of your vessels in your cruises around the world. Can you tell us the pros\/cons of the system and if it could be installed in a Cat. How much power should we expect from the shaft generator? we are running a 24V system in our boat.
\nMahalo for your help and safe sailing.<\/p>\n
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With a cat and all the deck\/house area I would opt for solar instead of a shaft generator which is draggy (you need a fixed prop) and noisy. Lots of details on this in our Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"