Wind power baby! Installing our D400 wind generator | Ep.10

[@F10Colin]

The D400 is the nuts. We’ve had ours for over 10 years and it’s brilliant, as long as there’s wind of course 😮

[@fredbugden3511]

400 watts but if you read the literature, it's 400 watts at 40 knots of wind. Not ideal. It'll slow the discharge but it's not charging anything with a minimal house load.

[@commonguard3431]

Nice

[@sailingconemuna]

Good job and nice place.

[@NavikaSailing]

Thanks Francisco! Yep it really is beautiful around there.

[@graemewilson5772]

I love oranges Too :)

[@silvanocometta9760]

Hi there. I strongly suggest you get an extension of the pole of the wind turbine. Also, ensure lateral fixation, as otherwise vibrations will destroy the contraption. As it is now it is extremely dangerous. Good luck and regards from Switzerland. Silvano

[@NavikaSailing]

Very true! This was taken some months ago, and since then we’ve installed an extension to the pole as well as some struts for support, so we’re feeling much safer with it!

[@twoidiotsgosailing444]

Can you explain why you went with 5 blades instead of 3? I have been researching like crazy but I am not sure which way to go. It seems like maybe 5 blades is more efficient at low winds speeds and 3 at higher? 2 amps at 10 knots seems right but is kind of a bummer. Makes me think that I would be better off with more solar first (thinking about $ per amp). Great video guys. Ill start following.

[@andyf1480]

Hope you get that greedy fridge fixed

[@TroyaE117]

Careful if the boom rides up on a gybe. You may lose that clearance between the boom end and the wind generator blades.

[@maximilianbck6518]

Great to get those summer vibes sent to our living rooms! Also, how many seagulls were harmed in this video?

[@NavikaSailing]

Hahaha, so far so good. We've had no fingers or seagulls in the blades. Our friend Seb did manage to send the halyard rope swing flying into it lol, but it came out undamaged. We've actually raised it up higher now, which feels A LOT safer.

[@captainredfoot845]

What app is that on your smartphone for all your vessels electronic instrument usage?

[@NavikaSailing]

That's the Victron App. You can use it as an interface with various victron devices over bluetooth. big fan

[@hakanbolsoy6076]

Nice and teaching to see the experience you make during your journey. Thanks for sharing. Did you ever had to worry about leaving the dingy on shores or harbours (to be stolen)? Do you lock in in some way?

[@NavikaSailing]

Hey Håkon - cool to hear you got something from that :) Hmmmm good question, we havent had any problems yet actually. But we did recently buy a chain so we can padlock the dinghy to the docks

[@brentclarke1841]

Will yawl ever get a hydro-vane for back-up auto steering / auto pilot

[@NavikaSailing]

We would looove a Hydrovane... Lars used to have a Monitor on his last boat and it was great. It's definitely up there on the list, just an expensive piece of kit!

[@JohnBraman413]

have a link for that wind generator?

[@NavikaSailing]

Hey John, yep here you go! eclectic-energy.co.uk/products/d400-wind-generator/

[@michaeljoncour4903]

we turn our fridge off at night, transfer ice from freezer in to fridge overnight, move meat and milk in to freezer.

[@SOLDOZER]

So a wind generator only produces 2 amps? Thats pretty weak.

[@NavikaSailing]

well it depends on wind speed. And with high winds that can go up to 15amps+. But yea in general it's pretty low

[@SOLDOZER]

@@NavikaSailing Im trying to decide on an alternative power source. Im not sure I want solar panels all over my boat even though its pretty cheap and easy.

[@PP.EKOTECH]

Beautiful yacht and girl ! Good idea - wind turbine .... ! :) Regards Paul P 👍 + sub !!! 🙂👍

[@NavikaSailing]

Hey Paul welcome aboard!

[@daisymaypassion44christmin23]

Well done and thank you for sharing. God blessed you guys 🙏😊🌍⛵

[@allan8004]

Hi guys, I like your channel and enjoy seeing the areas where you stop, Lars seems to be a how to guy and Alex, well..... just gorgeous, hope you have luck and continue on, would like to see a great big fluffy cat on your microphone though, the wind noise is a bugga, best of luck , Al

[@NavikaSailing]

Hey Allan - thanks for the kind words :) yeah the deadcat is frustrating- we had microphone issues at that time and couldn’t get it fixed. All good now but some of the footage still has wind noise. So so frustrating to edit...!

[@tdiddle8950]

Hello. Thank you for this great video. In the video, you said (paraphrased), "We went to land for a break but had trouble landing because it was all private land." Okay. I see. I watch a lot of these videos, and I am a life-tested explorer, and I always fail to understand how folks could hit the ground with so little geographical information. Google Maps, folks. By using Google Mags, Google search, and Google Translate (if the data is in another language), you can find out so much about any geographical place. Firstly, you can search an area for something like 'public boat landings.'. In off the beaten places, it's usually a bit harder than that. But it's easy enough to look at an area and see if the lands are semi-urban, public, or private. For instance, if you see an area, like a cove, with no businesses around, you can bet your behind that it's a private community. Even private communities may have small public beaches though, but that's according to local culture and laws. But hopefully, you get the idea. You can search reviews, social media posts, et cetera, and you can find out amazing things about almost any place. I often know more about the technical details of a place before landing than natives do. Though technical knowledge is NO substitute for on-the-ground knowledge: trust me, but it's a hellava start.

[@wayneanderson1641]

Watch who you take lessons on how to do craftsmanship