Wonder why it didn't catch on #2 !
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WindermereColvic
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Well i for one am colecting parts to builld one..
Moonshiners
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Anyone know where I can pick up 2 x spitfire petrol tanks for 6 shillings each...?
(quite tempted to build a belly tank racer... oops wrong forum)
fisherman
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We did one, a bike with outrigger floats and paddles in the rear wheel spokes: not too quick, and the rider got very wet from the spray, but it was amphibious. The next step should be to have a raft that a normal bike can sit on, powered by the back wheel sitting on rollers.
Lakesailor
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DogWatch
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Have pathe removed the need to fill out a full bio every time you want to view a film clip?
I used to spend hours on the site looking through old clips, but in the end it became to much effort making all the declarations for sadly a bit of film which they have made just a little too small.. I understand they are in the business of selling, but the quality on the free side could still be made a bit better.
I had a great clip a while ago about baking a sailing dinghy...
Just had a look on the site now, that is soooo much better..
Here is actually a really good idea, in fact I might have a look at it for my own tender..
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=72276
JasonClark
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Stick an engine in that and VOILA...you have the worlds first JetSki !
Romeo
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Ah those were the days. Ensuring the club tie is straight is so much more important than wearing a lifejacket. Standards.
crewman
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Robbie
I am prtetty sure there is a company called Barrow Boat I think who make something very similar. Never seen one but I think they sell them as kits, a Google should find them.
I am prtetty sure there is a company called Barrow Boat I think who make something very similar. Never seen one but I think they sell them as kits, a Google should find them.
DaveS
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Don't think so. Their website is: http://www.barrowboats.co.uk/new/rangemenu.html They make a range of rather nice wheelable (hence barrow) dinghies - my wife built one from a kit some years ago - but no mention of any pedalos.
Slow_boat
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I did have plans, dating from the '60s, for a 9 foot hydroplane powered by a scooter engine and with a claimed 30+mph. The pilot lay on it and steered with handlebars with the engine between his legs. I always wanted to try one but can't find the plans now.
crewman
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Dave S
I meant to reply to Dogwatch not Robbie. Too much redwine I think. Dogwatchs clip was similar to a barrow boat.
I meant to reply to Dogwatch not Robbie. Too much redwine I think. Dogwatchs clip was similar to a barrow boat.
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DogWatch
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Yes, I had a look at the barrowboat site, they only seem to 'do it' to the clinker sailing boat they sell, not the stem dinghy..
The idea is so simple really.