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Today we went for a picnic down at the marina. It was a breezy day, so there was a lot of movement amongst the boats.
Listening to the sound of the wind, whispering quietly in the rigging, I realised there is a certain music to this sort of thing.
With this in mind, I pondered the possibility
of designing a funnel that will always face into the wind, forcing air through some short tubing and into the hollow mast, which contains a number of computer-controlled organ pipes.
Set the program in progress and the mast/s of your yacht will play glorious, rousing music as you ply the ocean waves. No need to be an accomplished organist: The machine plays music from a wide range, using the harnessed power of the wind.
similar ideas are being baked
http://www.windgallery.com/projects.htm
[xandram, Oct 15 2006]
my own similar but different idea
Aeolian_20Sailboats
[xandram, Oct 15 2006]
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With the sail down, wind in the sail track can produce a loud whistle. A series of different sized slots around the mast might be able to accomplish something like your idea all without computers. The slots could be dimensioned to form a fancy chord, so that regardless how the wind changes around the mast it will sound pretty good. |
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It will sound pretty good for an about an hour and then you'll want to take an axe and cut down the mast. |
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I lived in a boat for a few years, as a child, and I can clearly remember the sound of the rigging banging against the masts of the moored yachts, some 30 years later. Dink, dink, dink, ...pause...dink, dink , dink, dink ...pause...dinkety dink...pause...etc. all night, all day, all week. Maybe some fugues would have been more educational. |
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Music of the Captain's Mast, by midishipman UnaBubba |
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I've been the accused at a Captain's Mast. Some music would have made it a lot easier. |
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I remember seeing widgets that stop the rigging banging that Ling refers to. It is annoying. |
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Back to the idea: A very simple properly-shaped top to the hollow mast might get it to whistle--like blowing across the top of a glass soda bottle. |
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I'm thinking of it playing far more complex music, using a number of slides and stops, to produce sophisicated pipe organ music, not just some irritating whistles and moans (which is what music can be if you really break it down, I guess). |
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Yak? As in, hairy bovine native to Tibet? |
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Yep, eye test sounds like a good idea, [po]. |
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The previous owner of my MotorYacht was a member of the Aeolian Yacht Club in Alameda, CA., and had named her "Eysian Melody." |
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I liked the name, so decided to keep it. Now I'm considering "Aeolean Melody!" |
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She plays a number of tunes as the Bay breezes caress her various open pipes and antennae, and waves slosh about the hull. I have grown to find these as soothing as a lullaby. Agree completely with [ling] about the monotony of sailboat rigging! |
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[UB] I don't think a funnel would help, just need a servo to keep the aperture pointed at the wind. |
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I would have thought a vane on one side of the mast would keep a funnel pointed into the wind, collecting maximum air to drive the machine. |
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//I remember seeing widgets that stop the rigging banging that Ling refers to. It is annoying.// |
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They're called bungee cords. Pull the halyards away from the mast and it'll be quiet. |
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From what I'm reading, I'd guess that an active noise cancellation system for yachts would sell like 10 knot winds. |
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