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Hi Rick,

It is good to hear from you again.

Did you make your own CF skin panels for V14? Are they single layers
or a sandwich?

Also, it appears to have the same or at least similar lines to V11.
Is it a CF clone?

Best regards,

Michael Lampi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Willoughby
> 
> There has been little activity but I still monitor the site and dig  
> into archives now and then.
> 
> There are some pedal power threads in BoatDesign and I think more  
> people are at least thinking about this sort of boat.  I promote the  
> idea there.
> 
> I am on to V14 now.  It will be my last pedal boat.  I am fairing the  
> hull this weekend,  It is carbon fibre composite.  Before I started  
> fairing it weighed in at 9.9kg.  Fairing and paint will add about  
> 2kg.  Linked picture shows the hull formed up before deck was placed:
> http://www.rickwill.bigpondhosting.com/v14_Formed.jpg
> 
> I have made carbon fibre frame and outriggers for the latest 
> boat and  
> they are in use on V11J.  The frame with seat, gearbox and crank  
> weighs 4kg.  Each outrigger weighs 1kg.  You might see I am anal  
> about weight but I have found 15kg is infinitely easier for me to  
> carry around than 25kg:
> http://www.rickwill.bigpondhosting.com/V11J_CF_Frame.JPG
> 
> This is a rendering I did for a heavier rider for operation in more  
> open water:
> http://www.rickwill.bigpondhosting.com/KA77.jpg
> 
> I have had a young rider on V11J who can hold 16kph over 1000m.  He  
> could go further but runs out of lake.
> 
> Rick Willoughby