Lance Armstrong may have a chance when he was at his racing best. He has held 460W for an hour during an oxygen uptake test. That is about the power level required to hold 10kts under the conditions you describe.
The average speed depends on the fitness level of the pilot and the overall efficiency of the design to suit the pilot's weight and power level. I hold about 7kts in calm conditions. It drops away in head wind but faster down wind. Wind is a much bigger factor than waves providing I do not mind getting wet.
Rick
On 17/05/2011, at 4:57 AM, tsstproa wrote:
Design a peddle hull for a single person 26 mile paddle into the wind in open ocean and 26 miles back down wind. Boat must have an average speed potential of 10 knot average speed using only 40 watt power output. Whats the average cyclist out put in watts? Is it around 30-45 watts and the trained cyclist around 60-80 watts of output?
Are the parameters to narrow to wide. What is the average speed of a peddle boat?
The marriage of the three peddle/solar/sail seems interesting.
Todd
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