Air Marine 403 up in the mast

[Gilles Ethier]

Allo,
I have a 40' ketch and the only place I found where to install the Air
Marine is up in the rear mast, just above the radar. I have never seen such
an installation and I am wondering why. Do you know of somebody having done
it and if so, what were the pros and cons.
Because of the length of the boom, there is no room at the rear of the boat
to put a mast for a wind generator there.
Any suggestion?

Good winds

 

[Larry]

what were the pros and cons.

I wonder what that will do to the balance (windgens are heavy) and the wind
loading (they have lots of wind resistance while making power) on the
mizzenmast....??

I suppose it won't matter much, though, as the mizzen sail doesn't load it
much at all on Lionheart (Amel Sharki 41).