The original jet ski was invented to mimic the fun of water skiing without having to beat the brush to find a friend to drive the boat (and it takes two nowadays). A stand-up jet ski actually does come close to that feeling. Didn't someone make a motorized surfboard? Craig Jungers Royal City, WA On 7/6/07, Geoff Jennings <Geoff_at_texaskilonewton.com> wrote: > > Start Quote: > Perhaps a new sport could be invented, involving the placement of an > outboard > motor on the back end of a seakayak. Maybe some of the mechanically > inclined > engineering types could comment on the handling characteristics of a > seakayak > boosted by an 18 hp outboard motor. This sport might appeal to both young > and > old, and there would be no excuse for being late for supper. > > End Quote: > > > When I worked for Southwind in Irvine, there was a guy who came in and was > working on SOT kayaks with Jetski motors. I saw at least two he built, > but > never got to try one on the water. I never could understand what > functional niche this was filling, as I'd imagine it wasn't as much fun to > paddle, and probably didn't work all that well as a Jet Ski either! > > Geoff *************************************************************************** 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 - 16:55:05 PDT
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