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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:08 am 
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Location: Hawaii, Big Island
Picked this up off Wooden Boat forum

Self-engineered and built ultra-lightweight strip planked hull (200kgs) with unstayed carbon mast and standing lug rig. Four oars. They also use a pedal drive as support propulsion. (Hobie Mirage Drive (TM)) You can google for the boatname and find some most interesting videos on Youtube. .They retrofitted a 140 ltr. waterballast system this year, bailing pump operated.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAGpJRCWF-Y

Anyone speak Dutch . Believe this some sort of semi cometitive class for coastal ops.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:11 pm 
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Location: the Netherlands
I think it is a Belgian, half of their country also speaks some sort of Dutch :)
In essence he thought the MD was a good invention, powering the boat quicker than they could using the oars, but he broke the adjustment cam, after a few strange remarks about Americans in general he says he is going to send some letters(?) to Texas(?) about this issue (TKF Forum?)
and sighs that it is a nice invention but should have been manufactured in Germany
(fair point :lol: )

Water intake, 240 litres(=240Kg) roughly 500 pounds to enhance stability

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