I have found the kayak for me. and its as fast as my dory

starcrafttom

DaveS

C-Hawk · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject:

24.8 kph--- comes out to 28.52 mph---- yea, that might keep up with some CD22's

Captains Cat · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:

Hate to bust your bubble Roger but you have to multiply KPH x 0.621 to get MPH. Do that math and you only get 17.4 MPH which ANY respectable C-Dory can whomp!! Still a lot faster than any Kayak I've ever been in or around!!

Charlie

TyBoo · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject:

C'mon, you guys!! Tom's fixin' to break his damn fool neck, and you're bickering about arithmetic (which, by the way, you both got wrong)???

Don't do it, Tom. The whales can still catch it, and they ain't too happy with you right now.

Larry H · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject:

According to this site

http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/speed.php

24.8 kph is equal to 15.41 mph or 13.39 knots

Teeth

starcrafttom · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:

Mike you have it all wrong, the whales love me. its the granola crunchers that are out to get me.!!!!!!!!!!!! they will never catch me in this kayak.[/img][/url]

B~C · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:

all I know is that when trolling a plug cut six pack you don't want much of a roll

I think that thing would be WAY slower than a regular kayak...they don't show the way it would normally be operated by the majority of Brats (like me)....fat old man, upside down

C-Hawk · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject:

Well dang-- I was thinking KNOTS per hour, not KILOMETERS per hour. Embarassed

Ya'll up north may be tuned in to all that metric $!#* , but this redneck still goes by the ol' standard of measuring.

gljjr · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject:

I can't imagine rowing that in a chop! You would have a heck of a time getting up on the foils. Pretty facinating idea though! I wonder if that is the fastest single person human powered boat on the water? It would have to be pretty close!

Captains Cat · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure it's not the fastest but I just spent about 30 minutes on the web using google, etc and couldn't find the record. I thought I was pretty good but it's just not there. Can any one find it? I'm sure there are lots of categories, found lots of stuff about ocean crossings etc but nothing about short sprints....

Charlie

rogerbum · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject:

Chris Bulovsky · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:24 am Post subject:

Hmmm. Nice Idea. Check this out.
www.mokai.com

Chris

Sea Wolf · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:47 am Post subject:

Pretty sedate stuff so far----so-----try this!!!

http://www.paritetboat.com/ellips.shtml

Saw it at the Sacramento Boat Show and on TV coverage of a Giants game where one was out in McCovey Cove looking like a lost spaceship just in and waiting for the new Star Wars film.

Also check out the Looker 17 and the Looker 25/30 glass bottomed boats.

Now we know what some of the Russian aerospace engineers are doing for new careers these days!

So whatta' ya' think Patrick (Byrdman) ? Can't wait for the new Tom Cat 25? Sign right here on this little dotted line..........................................

Joe.

gljjr · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:

The Mokai is pretty neat. I just wish they would provide an electric version. If they were to slap a Golf cart motor in it with a couple batteries I bet the weight would be about the same. But what a difference the electric would make!