Pedalo
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Topic: Pedalo
Posted By: doeywizard
Subject: Pedalo
Date Posted: 23 May 11 at 3:19pm
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This may sound stupid but has any one ever heard of any one pedaloing the channel? ------------- Topper 46148 for sale http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=276804 |
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Posted By: sailingjew2
Date Posted: 23 May 11 at 3:40pm
| Now i think ive seen something about someone doing something that has some connection to do with something about pedelos but im not sure :) |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 23 May 11 at 3:59pm
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=peedalo+english+channel&meta=#hl=en&sa=X&ei=_HXaTeuzMoHLhAf-hfC2Bg&ved=0CBsQvwUoAQ&q=pedalo+english+channel&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=fda6cd098af8a7a0 - Google suggests it has been done a few times ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 23 May 11 at 7:06pm
| A colleague is doing a pedalo marathon for charity very soon. |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 24 May 11 at 9:06am
talk to GRF, by the looks of it, he's developing a "high performance pedalo" right now 
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Posted By: ham4sand
Date Posted: 24 May 11 at 12:07pm
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torpedalo looks awesome, the two bentley guys crossing the atlantic!!!!!!! ------------- John Hamilton cherub 2645 - cheese before bedtime cherub 3209 - anatidaephobia laser 176847 - kiss this [FORSALE] |
Posted By: ASok
Date Posted: 24 May 11 at 4:18pm
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The torpedalo is an awesome design. Can't believe their sponsor list - fair play! ------------- |
Posted By: Foiling_Toff
Date Posted: 24 May 11 at 5:59pm
| Please make sure we don't end up with some news report about how the coast guard had to be called out to rescue some doughnut from the middle of the channel on a pedalo |
Posted By: doeywizard
Date Posted: 24 May 11 at 7:01pm
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lol no I was just interested as I was reading what crafts had crossed the channel and it got me thinking, had any one done it in a pedalo, but sadly the answer was yes : ( ------------- Topper 46148 for sale http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=276804 |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 25 May 11 at 10:46pm
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The crossing wouldn't take long on one of these: http://www.kanubike.de/36058/27207.html - http://www.kanubike.de/36058/27207.html ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: bert
Date Posted: 26 May 11 at 12:37am
interesting distraction from sanity ! ------------- Phantom 1181 AC-227 IC 304 blaze / halo 586 |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 26 May 11 at 10:20am
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Fancy a foiler? How about this then:
http://hpb.pfoa.at/fotos/html/fotoindex.html">  ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: doeywizard
Date Posted: 26 May 11 at 6:11pm
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that is awsome but how does it do that cos most pedlos are so slow? ------------- Topper 46148 for sale http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=276804 |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 26 May 11 at 7:12pm
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Light weight and a large diameter, slim, efficient propeller and drive train, mostly.
Probably the first pedal-powered foiler was Flying Fish in 1983:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Fly-a-Human-Powered-Hydrofoil---the-Aqua/step6/Flying-Fish-1983/ - http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Fly-a-Human-Powered-Hydrofoil---the-Aqua/step6/Flying-Fish-1983/
Here are some of the current crop:
http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/ - http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/ ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |