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I checked with rei.com. Its not listed on their web page, none of the fiberglass kayaks are, since they are concerned about damage in shipping. So much for providing a web pointer.
Someone else who was at the Seattle REI store, thought that it was made by Cadence, a Redmond, Washington Company. You could call the Seattle REI at 1-888-873-1938 if you wanted more information. I'm not planning on going near there until after the WTO and x-mass shopping foolishness is over.
Some of the other web pages I've seen that had pedal powered boats looked pretty dumpy. More like a rowboat with the pedals, This one looked like a pretty normal high end fiberglass kayak, except for the pedal crank rising out of the forward part of the cockpit. It might have been a little beamier, and more freeboard than a closed cockpit kayak, but it still definately had kayak lines, not rowboat lines. That is what caught my eye, seeing a pedal crank in a kayak.
To make it out of wood, hmm, would you start with a kayak or a canoe hull? and how to re-enforce the larger open cockpit? Also having to install the propeller stuffing box, and rudder controls without putting too many holes through the hull. You might very well get a planing effect which would change all the rules about speed vs hull length.
Interesting mental exercise, but I'm not likely to try building one.
dave
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Guillemot Kayak - High
Performance Wooden Sea Kayak Designs
