A wind turbine includes a rotor having a hub and at least one blade adapted for attachment to said hub by means of a spacer, said spacer being adapted for attachment by means of it's distal terminus to the base of a wind turbine blade such that the alignment axis of the blade is disposed at an aft acute angle relative to the alignment axis of the spacer or tapering in cross-sectional size at least over a portion of the distance from proximal terminus to distal terminus.
