> From: "Matt Broze" > Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Flexible carbon fiber paddle > > ...About 20 years ago, when considering building a kayak for Joel Rogers > (a kayaking photographer), I thought of trying to build a rudder that would > act like a fish tail (by making it thinner and progressively more flexible > near the tip). The entire blade would be under water (on a rod) and trail > straight back below the surface (so the flex puts the trust in the most > advantageous direction as you push the foot pedals back and forth. I didn't > think it would be terribly efficient but he would be able to stow his paddle > and hold the camera at ready and both slowly propel his kayak as well as > control direction solely with this rudder. Harry Bryson did a small boat using just this system. It appeared in a profile on Harry that Wooden Boat magazine did in the last few years. -- ----------------------------------- Michael Edelman mje_at_spamcop.net http://www.foldingkayaks.org http://www.findascope.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Nov 20 2001 - 11:35:13 PST
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