RE: [Paddlewise] pedal power kayak

As I was taking out a few weeks ago another "paddler" was dropping one of
these in the water. It's made by Hobie. He claimed it was fast but the hull
looked like a pig.

cya

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Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 12:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] pedal power kayak


Ahem... Dave wrote: 
> I was at REI yesterday, and saw an interesting idea for 
> a kayak.  It was powered by a bicycle crank turning a propeller. 
> Seemed like it had higher freeboard, hatches front and rear, 
> and an open cockpit, sculpted to pedal recumbent style. 
> very large gear on the pedal crank, very small gear on the propeller 
shaft. 

... might be interesting to balance oneself in that one... hips, feet  
and thigh moving all the time. How are you supposed to support  
yourself? Seems like a flat-water thing. 
(snip..) 

> At $2800 US dollars and all fiber glass, not for me, but if 
> it could be adapted to stitch and glue, it might be interesting. 
> The sales clerk claimed that it was a very fast boat,  which sort of 
> makes sense, since you are using leg muscles rather than 
> arm muscles to power it. 
Uhh... quite an expensive one... 

Paddling movements are supposed to come from the the whole  body, right?
Not just arms. At least that is my zen thing: old mortal  clay in total 
co-operation with my weary soul, man! 

Anyhow, Dave, it sounds fairly interesting. How wide was this... the  
THING ;-) ????? 
 Cheers, Ari  
"Home of the Traditional & Famous Scandinavian Skinny-dipping [TM]" 
Finland - Europe
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