Excellent! I guess it would be a natural to install one of those on the transom of the recently proposed beam pivoting tender/motor sled. On first look it should not be rocket science to have the same prop driven off an electric motor and, optionally, a pedaling construction. Thank you, Rick.
On the present BD I guess the simplest would be to have someone at each end of the lee hull sit in horseback (as they do to take off/put on the bow ward fenders) and use a somewhat longer paddle.
Luc
--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, Rick Willoughby <rickwill@...> wrote:
>
> 34 seconds into this clip you will see a pedal drive system I did for
> an 8t cat. They can do about twice the speed with these compared to
> what they could achieve with oars.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u423G3H4MoM
> The units fold up on the access steps as soon as sail overtakes
> pedal. We found we needed flip up units because it was almost
> impossible to release cleats once the prop was overdriving the pedals
> and near impossible to stall the prop - they are 30" diameter.
>
> Rick
> On 15/12/2012, at 7:21 AM, Mike Crawford wrote:
>
> >
> > So, are those guys rafted up with outboards helping, making the
> > skuller being somewhat redundant (I know he's not 15 horsepower+)?
> > Or are they just rafted up with their engines off, making his his
> > life more difficult? I don't see any turbulence coming off that
> > inflatable's motor...
> >
> > Fitting up a nice set of proper carbon fiber oars would be great,
> > though I'm not sure where they would go. On a removeable frame
> > towards one end of the lw hull? Unfortunately that would give you
> > a huge effective beam, making it tough to maneuver.
> >
> > It would be neat to have a bracket with a propeller that flips
> > down, propelled by a system like the one rick uses for his
> > pedalboats. That would probably provide the most power.
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> >
> > LucD wrote:
> >>
> >> that looks close to a solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?
> >> v=qTSg9iIqkl4
> >>
> >> --- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "LucD" <lucjdekeyser@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I forgot the details but I heard the story of BD not able to
> >> start up the engine for entering the harbor. As a friendly coast
> >> guard as the Dutch have is not available everywhere to tow in the
> >> boat what would it take to bring a vis in manually if not waiting
> >> for the right wind and sailing in carefully?
> >> > Luc
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> Rick Willoughby
> rickwill@...
>