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Hello Brian, I can't say that surprises me, since I live way back in the sticks. We don't hear of new fashions, until they have gone out of fashion, and are about to come back into fashion again. ;} I think I would of rather paid a fine or gone to jail for dumping batteries in a emergency, then drown. The more stories I hear like this, the more I like boats that won't sink, even if they are completely flooded, like Bionic Dolphins, Zodiacs, and the like. Regards, Szybowski From: ojaivalleybeefarm@dslextreme.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hobie Mirage Drives for Peddle Subs Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:30:06 -0700 Hi Brent,
These have actually been around for a while. I'm surprized they haven't become more popular. I was just talking about these things with a kayak fisherman friend of mine. He was off Carpenderia a couple of miles out when his kayak sprung a leak. He had to dump his batteries and his motor in order to stay afloat. He ended up bailing water and then paddling for a while, then bailing again and repeating the process. He finally made it in, luckily he had a pretting good wet suit on. He was fairly shook up about the whole thing and this guy is very hard core. Apparently his motor support started to fatigue the plastic on the rear of the kayak and a split occured. He actually had a radio but was afraid the athorities would hammer him on the dumped batteries. He could have alerted another boat but he didn't think of that. I guess he didn't want a big coast guard cutter coming to the rescue. But those peguin propulsion things are quite amazing, the good thing about thme is it frees up your hands for fishing.
Brian
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