150 Mile Solo Canoe Expedition Source to Sea Pedal Paddle 3/3

[@bentsprockettech]

Thank you for taking us on this journey. It is a lovely countryside and lovely people! I love it. Awesome work.

[@ben-kilner]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@tomhullbridge]

Ben, you have my respect. What a beautiful way to combine creativity with the outdoors.

[@ben-kilner]

Glad you enjoyed the journey 🙏🙏

[@gordtemple764]

Awesome fabracobbling! 🍻👨🏻‍🏭🇨🇦

[@ben-kilner]

😂😂 it is exactly that! Whack it together and hope it works 🤞🛶🚀

[@robertberger8642]

Great journey!

[@Mauser-bp8le]

A rudder be missed and it gets all it needs. Awesome work.

[@ben-kilner]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@dominicking1530]

You’d be stopping to pull the weeds off it though, as someone who canoes canals. This is the optimum weedless propulsion set up👍

[@DickvanZanten]

An idea to keep the chain tensioned better is using a small springloaded chainwheel to keep pressure on the chain. It can be used to keep the chain guided better as well.

[@ben-kilner]

👌👌

[@stimpyfeelinit]

i like that it doesn't rip up all the nice underwater plants

[@ben-kilner]

👌👌

[@daveswhatever]

Love the idea, sir!

[@ben-kilner]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@martinhoflich6150]

This is so genius and realy british ✌️even the weather

[@ben-kilner]

😄👌

[@dubab.249]

Greeting 👍 I think it would be simpler, safer to make a classic paddle wheel like the Mississippi River Ships had. Just add 3 more bars to the bicycle pedal support and the efficiency is much higher. To my kayak (KAJAK SEA SAIL) I added a main furling sail of 2 m2, made from a shower curtain, some water pipes and when the wind blows, I unfurl the sail and it goes without capsizing. I will soon add a roll genoa to increase the speed.

[@ben-kilner]

Hello! Paddle wheels are excellent for taller boats as they only become efficient with relatively large diameters. Small diameter paddle wheels push water down on entry and pull it up on exit causing the characteristic splashiness and inefficiency. The other downside of paddle wheels is that they have a permanent draft and would get damaged in the shallow waters at the start of the journey 👍. Love the sail! Popped one on my latest build (episode came out last week) ⛵️🚴‍♂️🛶🚀🚀

[@gerrynicol3951]

FANCY, looks fun

[@ben-kilner]

😄🙏

[@jonwhite2706]

love it

[@ben-kilner]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@MoldveyDM]

You were in an Adam Rose video! Congrats!

[@ben-kilner]

Really 😬😂 did not spot that one!

[@ideasjairtech7358]

lo voy a hacer para mi kayak

[@ideiasboas]

Cool. Genial system. go away and make it more compact. Congrats! You will need a ruder

[@ben-kilner]

Working on MK3 at the moment 👀 it may have got less compact but it does do other things too! The rudder system on this worked really well and I’d probably do the same again. Having it mounted further forward allows it to act as a keel in side winds and a side thruster when stationary. Also super simple.

[@abusufiyan968]

Beautiful

[@ben-kilner]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@ThePlanet_L.I.]

A derailer to keep the chain tight would be useful 🤷🏾‍♂️ other than that. That's an amazing build🙂👍🏾

[@ben-kilner]

🙏🙏 I found that the introduction of a derailer anywhere in the systems prevents water braking and reverse. A simple roller tensioner with a strong spring would have been ideal 👍

[@ThePlanet_L.I.]

@@ben-kilner that'll work

[@Sirrehpotsirch]

You need a rudder and a dagger board attached to the hull on the gunnel.

[@ben-kilner]

I found that the tiller worked amazingly well and acted as a retractable dagger board and a side thruster when stationary 👍

[@Bananakid11]

maybe a Narrow Wide Chainring for your chain could help?

[@ben-kilner]

👍👍

[@amando96]

Cross the atlantic

[@ben-kilner]

👀😄 it has crossed my mind… however I would need to make some hefty adjustments to allow it to perform in waves.

[@tot-samiyyyy]

🎉😮🎉

[@velogonza_skien]

Cool! How wide is your canoe Ben?

[@ben-kilner]

Off the top of my head it is about 0.9m at the widest point 👍

[@irhamorganik5338]

aku menemukanmu bro

[@ben-kilner]

🤩🤩

[@ОлегСмит-ф7н]

В британских ВМС прибыло...

[@ben-kilner]

😂👌