!Jones wrote:
The hobie thing you spoke of....is that the boat with bicycle pedals?

Yeah. Some people claim that they're the greatest thing since sliced
bread. I'm not taking any position, just collecting data.

I'd expect a purist to look down his or her nose at it. I know that
when any machine tries to do *everything*, it usually does nothing very
well. It might work well enough for day outings on our fla****er bays,
though.

They do genereate a lot of power. Go here
http://www.hobiecat.com/kayaking/miragedrive.html and scroll down to
the videos at the bottom. Note that a drag race and cruising are
different, and a real race would probably give different results.

You still need a paddle for reverse and sideways.

Steve