>From what little I have seen, these are much more than a fad. I have frequently thought about designing one myself, but I doubt I'll get to it this decade anyway. Combining a comfortable pedaling position with an efficient prop shaft angle always leads me to raising the pedalers center of gravity to the point where a kayak form is too unstable in wavy water. I feel the really successful pedal powered boat will have outriggers or be a catamaran type of craft. Is anybody doing that yet? Richard Frost Wes Boyd wrote: > > Has anybody tried out one of these things? What's your reaction? Fact or > fad? I know Matt Broze had a watercycle that went like a house afire -- but > IIRC, it had limited stability, being only something like 12" wide. > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not > to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net > Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 29 2000 - 19:57:45 PDT
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