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Brian Whatcott Brian Whatcott is offline
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Default bilge pump as propulsion

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:53:07 GMT, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:

....
thats a good question. here's one in return; how many hp do you think i
generate with a 3 foot paddle considering that i have to move rapidly from
one side of the boat across the tramp to ther other side otherwise i go
round in circles?


shaun


I'm late to the party. A paddler is probably putting less than 60
watts into it. Less than a tenth HP.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK