Types of Canoes

A cool feature of the new tandem pedal drive canoe is that it can be pedaled from either seat if used in conjunction with a reversible Mirage drive. Here I’m pedaling in reverse (Liz is facing forward and steering with the rudder) then I pull the Forward lever and Liz pulls the drive and flips it around to take over. It only takes one paddler, slightly more than mild effort to keep the canoe going at a quick cruising speed, so with the ability to switch out one person can rest and also perform t

Here’s a first look at the pedal drive canoe system in action. As always, there are many things i’m planning to change for the final version, but overall the launch went surprisingly well. The canoe is fast, maneuverable, sufficiently stable, and most importantly can be transformed back into a normal canoe in about 90 seconds. . i’m a bit tired at the moment but I’ll make sure I have more details in tomorrow’s post. For now, enjoy! . . . #canoeing #prototype #makersgonnamake #buildityourself | C

The second Pedal Drive Canoe prototype is finally finished. You haven’t seen much of this canoe yet because I had to choose between documenting the build for social media and actually creating the video course for how to build it. I really want to push this design over the line this year so I decided on the latter. . This time we decided to go with a small tandem that can also be used solo. Just like with the solo prototype I built this tandem as small as I dared because I need to know where the