I am a whitewater kayaker and canoer and paddle sea kayaks on the side.
However, I did get the chance to try out the Hobie with the pedals but it
was several years back at Outdoor Retailer when they first came out.
Personally I really liked it. It was a fun boat since there were two
different ways of making it move in the water. It appeared to me that it
was a boat meant for fla****er or very low class I / II. I paddled it solo
and felt I got a great work out. Then I took it out with the rep tandem and
was amazed at how fast we had that thing going while we both of us paddled
and peddled together. It was a stable boat and very entertaining. I really
don't remember having anything negative to say about it except that you had
to remember not to get into to shallow of water because of the pedals
hanging down.

Courtney

"!Jones" wrote in message
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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.

Jones