A friend with Parkinson's put an electric trolling motor on the nose of his yak, deployable from the cockpit, with battery in the rear compartment. I think this thing has about 30 lbs of thrust, enough to move him along at a good clip for a couple hours, at least. He uses it mainly to get home, after his muscles give out. Very inventive. I've hitched a ride once or twice. Will tow two kayaks, no problem. I did read an article where a weedeater engine was fitted with a minnkota prop and used in this fashion too. Chuck ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.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 Fri Jul 06 2007 - 13:23:38 PDT
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