The same effect but on a continuous basis could be obtained by opening a small hole under the hull that will push water into a membrane. Some of it may pass into a container, some may be drained back to the sea with all the salts. That would give enough pumping power. The cost of it would be added drag. The hole or water entrance could be opened or closed depending on the need of water or speed. Best Regards Rafael At 08:57 a.m. 15/10/01 -0400, linwarfl_at_aol.com wrote: >OK. inventors, get busy! I generate a lot of energy just paddling. So why >not hook up a harness or some quickly releasable (for safety purposes) >apparatus so that my paddle strokes translate into "pump" action for a water >purification set? Maybe a paddle stroke could translate into one-forth of a >manual stroke on the water >purification set to decrease any extra effort to paddle. But the accumulative >action of paddling could translate into a lot of water purification set >pumping action. Give it some thought! > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed >here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire >responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. >Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net >Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 15 2001 - 08:23:16 PDT
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