Friday, September 23, 2011

One minor equipment casualty


The boat was solid, no creaks and no leaks. We had everything tied down and ready so sustained no damage…except the wind generator. When the gust front first hit, we both heard the speed of the generator increase past it’s allowable speed. I was on my way below to turn it ‘off’ when we heard the explosion – all fan blades broke away and the motor housing lifted from the pole – I was about 15 seconds too late. The good news? It didn’t work that well anyway!

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