I was initially pleased with my Rutland wind turbine. It produced plenty of charge into my batteries when the wind blew and it was acceptably quiet to those sitting in the cockpit.
But my opinion changed when the wind blew up one night while we were trying to sleep at anchor. The turbine produced a deep, loud rumbling noise throughout the boat.
Many other boat owners have told me they suffered from the same loud structural rumbling noise through their boats – it seems most wind turbines produce structural noise.
So when I changed my Rutland for a more powerful Air Breeze turbine I added my own anti-vibration (AV) mount to reduce the noise.
I made and installed it 12 years ago for the Air Breeze and it’s still going strong with
