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World Human Powered Boat Record Broken

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-but-steve-roberts'-has-a-keyboard dept.

NtwoO writes "Tech junky Greg Kolodziejzyk broke the 24 hour world human powered boat record in his preparation to pedal across the Atlantic. Greg has a history of cool projects with impressive outcomes. His previous endeavor was a bicycle that was used to break the 24 hour cycling record for fully faired bicycles. Greg goes through a thorough design process when building his projects."

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  1. What's a 'World Human Powered Boat' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seriously, the article doesn't say.

  2. Re:Judging from the pictures by Thelasko · · Score: 2, Informative

    How would that thing handle waves? It seems like it wouldn't last quite so long in waters that aren't as calm as they are in Catfish Lake Montana.

    That boat was purpose built for Catfish Lake. He has another one for the Atlantic.

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  3. I set the world motorboat record last Saturday... by nadamucho · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was at the Spearmint Rhino...brbrbrbrbrbrbrbr

  4. Re:How far would he have gone... by snowraver1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Probably not far. The point of a hydrofoil is to lift the boat off the water, thus reducing drag. For a canoe (which is bacially the shape of this) drag is not nearly the same as a motor boat moving at high speeds. It would take more energy to support the boat in the air, then would be gained from the lesser friction.

    That's assuming that he could even get the boat off the water, which whould likely be impossible with only one human power.

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  5. Re:How far would he have gone... by Thelasko · · Score: 2, Interesting

    the problem with assumptions is that they make an ass out of u and mptions

    My school even built some solar powered hydrofoils for competition. They were quite successful.

    Looks like the GP and at least one mod have some reading to do.

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  6. Re:I guess the real question is... by duckInferno · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd imagine the loss of a testicle would make you more prone to drag.

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