Recumbent pedal boat



Colin Blackburn wrote:
> This skiff looks interesting...
>
> http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm
>
> ...the blurb on one page suggests that cyclist at the Leicester event
> in late May will be able to give it a go.



Looks like fun. I'd like to have a go at that.
 
Colin Blackburn wrote:
> This skiff looks interesting...


Early issues of VeloVision had a piece on an Australian pedal powered
kayak which a chap had done some pretty extensive touring on.

Of course, any given Pedalo is a "recumbent pedal boat" if you take the
bike definition of "cranks well in front of the rider" rather than
"lying down", so they're not exactly a Big New Thing!

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Peter Clinch wrote:
> Colin Blackburn wrote:
>
>> This skiff looks interesting...

>
>
> Early issues of VeloVision had a piece on an Australian pedal powered
> kayak which a chap had done some pretty extensive touring on.
>
> Of course, any given Pedalo is a "recumbent pedal boat" if you take the
> bike definition of "cranks well in front of the rider" rather than
> "lying down", so they're not exactly a Big New Thing!


Indeed, and I almost typed pedalo in the subject line. However, in this
case it looks like a well-designed boat that can be pedalled rather than
a plastic buoyancy device designed for losing children in the Med. The
Winsome looks more like the sort of thing Jerome K Jerome might have
used had he only had one friend.

Colin
 
Colin Blackburn wrote:
> This skiff looks interesting...
>
> http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm
>
> ...the blurb on one page suggests that cyclist at the Leicester event in
> late May will be able to give it a go.
>
> Colin


Excellent! All it needs is a trailer and hook up to a tandem :)

Would make a nice day out for us - 50k ride over to Wroxham, a gentle
winsome down the river, a couple of beers at Horning, then a leisurely
50k home again. Sadly not to be as I'm the only cyclist in the family :(

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>> [ xposted, urc,urw ]
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>> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Colin
>> Blackburn <[email protected]> gently breathed:


>> >http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm


>Beware pedal boats. Wrg peddled a boat from Dudley to Beale Park to raise
>some money. There was no free wheel so we had to pedal all the time. The
>riding position was uncomfortable as the seat was directly above the pedals
>and there was nothing to hold on to except the roof. One peddler retired
>with a blistered bum. We did have fun & we raised money but I don't think
>any of us would care to repeat the exercise.


Did you actually look at the link above? I seriously doubt you'd get
any kin of blisters in one of these!

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"Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Sue
> <[email protected]> gently breathed:
> >"Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> [ xposted, urc,urw ]
> >>
> >> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Colin
> >> Blackburn <[email protected]> gently breathed:

>
> >> >http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm

>
> >Beware pedal boats. Wrg peddled a boat from Dudley to Beale Park to raise
> >some money. There was no free wheel so we had to pedal all the time. The
> >riding position was uncomfortable as the seat was directly above the

pedals
> >and there was nothing to hold on to except the roof. One peddler retired
> >with a blistered bum. We did have fun & we raised money but I don't think
> >any of us would care to repeat the exercise.

>
> Did you actually look at the link above? I seriously doubt you'd get
> any kin of blisters in one of these!
>
> NP: Zeitgeist Zero - Kill Your Idols.
> --
> - Pyromancer Stormshadow.


Yes I did. It didn't show the essential padding nor did it state if you
could free wheel.
Once bitten twice shy.
 
Sue wrote:
>
> "Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Sue
> > <[email protected]> gently breathed:
> > >"Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> [ xposted, urc,urw ]
> > >>
> > >> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Colin
> > >> Blackburn <[email protected]> gently breathed:

> >
> > >> >http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm

> >
> > >Beware pedal boats. Wrg peddled a boat from Dudley to Beale Park to raise
> > >some money. There was no free wheel so we had to pedal all the time. The
> > >riding position was uncomfortable as the seat was directly above the

> pedals
> > >and there was nothing to hold on to except the roof. One peddler retired
> > >with a blistered bum. We did have fun & we raised money but I don't think
> > >any of us would care to repeat the exercise.

> >
> > Did you actually look at the link above? I seriously doubt you'd get
> > any kin of blisters in one of these!
> >
> > NP: Zeitgeist Zero - Kill Your Idols.
> > --
> > - Pyromancer Stormshadow.

>
> Yes I did. It didn't show the essential padding nor did it state if you
> could free wheel.
> Once bitten twice shy.




A freewheel on a pedalboat is useless. You can't brake, can't go
backwards, and freewheeling in a boat is a very shortlived experience.
Pedalling a boat is like hillclimbing, a lot of work, and you won't go
fast. Only difference is you don't fall over if you stop pedalling.
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"m-gineering" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sue wrote:
>>
>> "Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Sue
>> > <[email protected]> gently breathed:
>> > >"Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > >news:[email protected]...
>> > >> [ xposted, urc,urw ]
>> > >>
>> > >> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Colin
>> > >> Blackburn <[email protected]> gently breathed:
>> >
>> > >> >http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm
>> >


>>
>> Yes I did. It didn't show the essential padding nor did it state if you
>> could free wheel.
>> Once bitten twice shy.

>
>
>
> A freewheel on a pedalboat is useless. You can't brake, can't go
> backwards,


Why not ?

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<Brian Dominic [email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:31:43 -0000, "Brian"
> <[email protected]> put down their glass of wine, sat back and
> said:
>
>
>>> A freewheel on a pedalboat is useless. You can't brake, can't go
>>> backwards,

>>
>>Why not ?

>
> Because if you can freewheel, you can't paddle the boat in reverse,so
> you can't stop................... unless of course, you had a
> reversing gearbox. Besides, as soon as you stop pedalling, the
> propeller stops, and so do you!



Are, I miss read it (nice girl)
I read it as you can't freewheel, reverse,stop. Not if you can freewheel
then you cant reverse or stop

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in message <[email protected]>, Brian Dominic
[email protected] ('Brian Dominic [email protected]') wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:31:43 -0000, "Brian"
> <[email protected]> put down their glass of wine, sat back and
> said:
>
>>> A freewheel on a pedalboat is useless. You can't brake, can't go
>>> backwards,

>>
>>Why not ?

>
> Because if you can freewheel, you can't paddle the boat in reverse,so
> you can't stop................... unless of course, you had a
> reversing gearbox. Besides, as soon as you stop pedalling, the
> propeller stops, and so do you!


No. Boats don't work like that. If the propeller stops, the boat will
continue to 'carry it's way' (due to inertia) for a substantial period,
until skin drag and other parasitic losses slow it down. Even then it
won't 'stop', unless there is neither wind nor current.

Most sailing boats lock their propellers when the engine is not in use.

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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:04:54 +0000, Simon Brooke
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Most sailing boats lock their propellers when the engine is not in use.


AIUI, those that do this do so solely to prevent wear on the prop
shaft bearings.

In fact, locking the propeller when sailing reduces the speed of the
boat. The propeller produces less water resistance if it is allowed
to rotate.

Adrian
 
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> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:00:47 +0000, Pyromancer
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>[ xposted, urc,urw ]
>>
>>Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Colin
>>Blackburn <[email protected]> gently breathed:
>>>This skiff looks interesting...

> Along the same line, does anyone know what has happened to "Escargot",
> a pedal narrow-beam cruiser produced three or four years ago under the
> aegis of the Environment Agency and very visible at waterways events
> for a while? From what I heard it worked quite well, and it didn't
> require legs like the Gubernator's to propel it.
>
> Could it be an answer to the loss of red diesel?
>


I'm not towing you barge anywhere

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> Pyromancer wrote:
>> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Sue
>> <[email protected]> gently breathed:
>>> "Pyromancer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> [ xposted, urc,urw ]
>>>>
>>>> Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Colin
>>>> Blackburn <[email protected]> gently breathed:

>>
>>>>> http://www.swallowboats.com/winsome.htm

>>



More here
http://mission.base.com/pedal-power/pp_index.html

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in message <[email protected]>, Adrian Stott
('[email protected]') wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:04:54 +0000, Simon Brooke
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Most sailing boats lock their propellers when the engine is not in
>>use.

>
> AIUI, those that do this do so solely to prevent wear on the prop
> shaft bearings.


Yes, I know this. But the point I was trying to make was that stopping
the propeller does not stop the boat.

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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:14:03 +0000, Adrian Stott <[email protected]>
wrote:


>
>Along the same line, does anyone know what has happened to "Escargot",
>a pedal narrow-beam cruiser produced three or four years ago under the
>aegis of the Environment Agency and very visible at waterways events
>for a while? From what I heard it worked quite well, and it didn't
>require legs like the Gubernator's to propel it.
>

You can rent one on the river Ruhr (Germany)
http://www.gruene-flotte.de/ (click "escargot", scroll down, click
"aktuelles prospekt". Only in German, I'm afraid.

Some more pedalboat links:

http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/
http://openwatercycling.com/features.htm
http://www.tailboats.com/
http://microship.com/bobstuart/spinfin.html
http://www.hobiecat.com/kayaking/index.html
http://bikerdave.murioi.com/ (and some fascinating lightweight camping
gear too)

Mark van Gorokm.
 
Simon Brooke wrote:
>
> in message <[email protected]>, Adrian Stott
> ('[email protected]') wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:04:54 +0000, Simon Brooke
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>Most sailing boats lock their propellers when the engine is not in
> >>use.

> >
> > AIUI, those that do this do so solely to prevent wear on the prop
> > shaft bearings.

>
> Yes, I know this. But the point I was trying to make was that stopping
> the propeller does not stop the boat.
>



on a decent crank driven boat the cranks turn when you move the boat
along the pier. If you stop pedalling you add drag. Do not compare an
efficient HPB propellor with an enginedriven eggbeater

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Adrian Stott wrote:

> AIUI, those that do this do so solely to prevent wear on the prop
> shaft bearings.
>

verry true

> In fact, locking the propeller when sailing reduces the speed of the
> boat. The propeller produces less water resistance if it is allowed
> to rotate.
>



As far as I know, locking is better than letting the prop rotate but with
some resistance, from stiff seals etc.

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In article <[email protected]>, Simon
Brooke <[email protected]> writes
>Most sailing boats lock their propellers when the engine is not in use.


Um, not necessarily.

I always try and put the gear control 'out of gear' and make sure the
prop is 'feathering' (i.e. rotating in the flow of water caused by
forward motion) when I am sailing. The very gentle humming alerts me to
the fact that I have not got rope/weed/carrier bags/etc. wrapped around
the prop. If the humming stops, I may have a problem. It also means
that the prop is not slowing me down as much - you usualy want every
ounce of efficiency you can when sailing.
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>
> Most sailing boats lock their propellers when

the engine is not in use.


i disagree, most let the prop turn freely, so as
not to slow you down

roy