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Kayacht uses a MotorYak electric motor

What started out as a personal project to add an electric motor to a kayak quickly turned into a commercial enterprise for Paul Howey. Howey wanted to create a quiet and easy way to navigate the waters without having to paddle himself. The system he designed mounts an electric motor to the front of an existing kayak. Alternatively, a complete electric kayak can be purchased from Kayacht if you don't want to do any of the installation work yourself. An electric trolling motor provides thirty pounds of thrust and uses AGM lead-acid batteries to ... Read more →

What in the world is a "Sail/yak"? A kayak with a sail, of course! Jeremy Korzeniewski

As a follow-up to our post yesterday about the guy who set a new human powered boating world record of 107 miles by pedalling straight for 24 hours, I decided to show you this invention, the Hobie ...

Top Gear video: how to mess up a perfectly good kayak Jeremy Korzeniewski

How do you take a completely carbon free form of transportation and mess it all up? By strapping a jet engine onto a kayak, and then proceeding to race it against a 4X4 Land Rover... thing! Richard ...

The Tu-Fin, get your excercise by walking on water Jeremy Korzeniewski

As part of a student competition, designers I. Kiryakov, S. Ballmeier, K. Eichelberg & M. Dressler have attached an exercise machine to a high-speed canoe hull, and called it the Tu-Fin. The ...

Kayacht uses a MotorYak electric motor 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What started out as a personal project to add an electric motor to a kayak quickly turned into a commercial enterprise for Paul Howey. Howey wanted to create a quiet and easy way to navigate the waters without having to paddle himself. The system he designed mounts an electric motor to the front ...

What in the world is a "Sail/yak"? A kayak with a sail, of course! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As a follow-up to our post yesterday about the guy who set a new human powered boating world record of 107 miles by pedalling straight for 24 hours, I decided to show you this invention, the Hobie Mirage Adventure Island, a 16' Trimaran "Sail/yak". What in the world is a "sail/yak? Good question. ...

Top Gear video: how to mess up a perfectly good kayak 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

How do you take a completely carbon free form of transportation and mess it all up? By strapping a jet engine onto a kayak, and then proceeding to race it against a 4X4 Land Rover... thing! Richard Hammond from Top Gear says that the kayak is rubbish without an engine. The inventor of the machine ...

The Tu-Fin, get your excercise by walking on water 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As part of a student competition, designers I. Kiryakov, S. Ballmeier, K. Eichelberg & M. Dressler have attached an exercise machine to a high-speed canoe hull, and called it the Tu-Fin. The vehicle transfers the movement of the stepping user to forward motion using a flipper, according to ...


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