PEDAL - POWER AFLOAT

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T-SHIRTS [ NEW ! ]

ON THE WATER OR ON LAND: t-shirts with boating logos
"Pedal power" and "Serendipitous Snail" available via online shops in USA & Europe.
Description & links to shops

DESIGN FILE

DORYCYCLE: 16'-0" x 4'-3" trailerable
Grand Banks dory with skeg and outboard rudder, V-belt drive and self-made propeller.
        Description   * Layout

ESCARGOT: 18'-6" x 6'-0" trailerable
Canal and sheltered inland waterways cruiser. Accomodations are for two plus one. Twin SEACYCLE drive units.
        Description   * Layout * Photos * Times Article

FRIEND-SHIP: 22'-9" x 8'-0"
For canal-cruising or exploring sheltered inland waters.
       Layout

SERENDIPITOUS SNAIL: 16'-0" x 5'-3" trailerable
Two-place canal and inland waterways cruiser with twin SEACYCLE drive units.
        Description    * Layout

SIMS' SKIFF: 21'-0" x 5'-0"
With a tip of the hat to Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 classic Three Men in a Boat.
        Description    *    Layout

SKIFFCYCLE: 15'-7" x 3'-9" car-topper
Light single-place day cruiser. SEACYCLE drive unit.
       Layout * Plans

SWEET & SIMPLE SAMPAN: 12'-0" x 4'-0"
       Layout

TECHNICAL MEMO FILE

BUILDING A WOODEN PROPELLER:
Procedure for making a low-speed propeller of epoxied laminated plywood.
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RUNNING SPEED TRIALS:
Simple procedure for conducting and plotting progressive speed trials.
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