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[Giuseppe Carignani]

Hi Rick
>>>I am on to V14 now.  It will be my last pedal boat.
Why your last?
With great esteem and admiration for your achievements...
Giuseppe Carignani

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Rick Willoughby <rickwill at bigpond.net.au>wrote:

> 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
>
>
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