New drive leg

Finished my drive leg and worked ok, boat was not as fast

but at least it worked. It consists of an involute gear box 

angled at 45 deg with two universal joints connected to a 

450mm prop. The boat was a bit slower than with the shaft 

and drive in the boat, advantage was transport and turned a 

lot tighter probably from having the prop in the middle and

not at the end. Disadvantage was the big hole (100mm x 1000mm)

to fit the drive leg, this has weakened the boat and when 

pedaling hard the drive wobbles a bit to the point where I 

sprang a few small leaks. One problem in raising the drive 

leg was getting the prop into the vertical position to lift it 

through the hole, without the outriggers I would have gone 

for a swim.

Ian Cassell