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Originally Posted by cheesy
E-If I designed my own paddle boat, the seat would definitely be adjustable, along with a standard tiller. While I'm designing things, maybe an easily accessible pony keg for when one gets thirsty.
Glad the Ural is a hit. Let me know how the desert runs go.
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Cheesy, while you're getting fancy and designing things, you could very easily put in a reduction drive for the paddle assembly (maybe even put in a worm drive and use a proper set of props instead of the inefficient paddle blades), and let's not forget about an evaporative cooling unit for the pony keg.
Now the wheels are turning in my head, and I'm trying to think up all the ways that could be done, what the cost of modifications would be versus buying a shell and starting clean-sheet, and finally what the ROI would be on those types of units... Not much call for boats out here in the desert, though. Who knows, maybe the stars and planets will align and we just planted the seeds for a niche boat shop. This is going to be interesting thinking on a nice Halloween morning. Talk to you soon, Happy Halloween!