I have a small problem. At present I am unable to mount my PB200 on the mast. I have been thinking about mounting it above the bow pulpit on a 12" mast extension. I do not use a spinnaker so all my sails are aft of this area. The jib stay would be 16" aft. I am mainly using the PB200 to interface with my tillerpilot. I am thinking that the sensor should be in clear air for 320 degrees ( 0-160 and 200-360 )
Please comment and/or offer any advise. I am completely new at this.
Thanks,
John (WestWind)
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I mounted my Maretron WS)100 on a TV Antenna mount + a PVC antenna extention. Pics and a post in my blog: http://deepplaya.com/?p=74
I have had this boiling my brain for some time to.
As of now, my mast is down and I have pulled a nmea2000 backbone cable in the mast and mounted a Glomex mount on top.
But I am seriously thinking about relocating it to my aft radarmast.
A few things considers me, the sensor going bust possibly taking out the whole nmea backbone, inaccessibility, wheight on top etc.
I have read around a lot to see if an aft mounted wind sensor would work good in regards to wind shadow of sails, disturbed air from sails etc.
It turns out it should probably be ok, there are manufacturers who makes sensors for aft mounting for autopilots (raymarine..). That is my main use of it as well. You will lose zero point something in wind speed compared to have it on the masthead, that doesn´t bother me. Any input on this is appreciated .
1) There is a Panbo article with two PB200 mounting options for the mast, each using a VHF mount.
https://www.panbo.com/archives/2009/02/sailing_with_an_airmar_pb200_-_part_ii_.html
2) For your boat and the type of sailing you do, would it be subjected to salt water? You should ask Airmar if thats ok.
3) An advantage of keeping the PB200 high above the masthead, away from any backwash from the sails, is an accurate AWA measurement that when combined with STW, gives you TWA & TWS. With TWA & TWS sailors can determine if their trimming sails correctly / optimizing their boat speed. See article:
https://www.panbo.com/archives/2009/10/airmar_cs4500_part_ii_reliable_true_wind.html