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[Just Limin']

Has anyone installed a wind gauge? My wife keeps asking me, "What's the wind speed?" We've just switched over from a sailboat.....

 

[Ainokea]

I use a hand held model that will also give the max wind speed, air temperature and wind chill index. I used it quite a bit while holed up awaiting the passage of Sandy in north Florida.

 

[ngleadow]

Hi Just Limin

I have installed a La Crosse WS-1516U-IT weather station on our boatR25 "Blue Socks". It has wind, barometric pressure, pressure trend, temperature, humidity and a rainfall gauge. As an ex sailor, I really appreciate having the wind gauge. It measures the apparent wind when you are moving, but you can, by subtracting the boat speed (or adding if it is coming from the stern) and applying some rough triangulation estimate the true wind speed and direction.

I think the price is about $150. I have mounted the wind vane on the mast, and the temperature sensor under the bimini.

Cheers

Norm on Blue Socks