of the rods of the floats 14 16 18 20 22 24 at two spaced apart points along the length of each one of the rods the frame cross members 80 82 are of course fixed to the structural frame 12 fig1 shows a variation on the power collection scheme of the generator of fig1 a rotatable power collector 126 may comprise a pulley or reel 156 about which is disposed a flexible drive element such as a belt 138 the belt couples a float 124 to the reel 156 the reel 156 may be constrained to rotate in only one direction indicated by an arrow 170 by a ratchet assembly 140 the free end of the belt 138 may be connected to a counterweight 139 or alternatively wound around the reel 156 this option is not shown or disposed in any other manner enabling operation as described herein the counterweight 139 may be disposed to counter the influence of the float 124 on the rotatable power collector 126 as the float 124 rises and falls responsively to passing of the waves 2 in particular keeping the belt 138 taut also and referring now to fig1 the arrangement of fig1 may be improved by stabilizing the belt 138 and by providing an optimum configuration to the float 124 a the belt 138 may be restrained by a surrounding yoke 157 which in turn may be anchored to any suitable structural.