Sunday, January 1, 2012

Is it possible to turn a old pontoon boat into a "pedal boat"?

I was wondering if you could turn an old pontoon boat into a pedal boat where you have to pedal it to make it go instead of it being electric or gas. Is it even possible? If so could someone throw me a few links where people have done it or examples on how to do it? Thanks.|||Yes, and they can make really great ones too...


The link below, shows and tells it all...





Happy and Safe Boating,


John|||Yes it is. Anything that can be powered by an engine can be powered by pedal power. However it would be very inefficient so impractical.


To get a reasonable performance from a prop you need to turn it at a specified rate. You'd need to gear up your pedals but then there is every chance one person wouldn't have the strength to turn it in the water.


You'll note that most pedal boats that do exist are of the paddle steamer type design and are for fun only as they are not efficient either.


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