A hand-powered watercraft (100, Fig 1) comprising: a hull, a blade (113, Fig 1), and a blade control assembly. The blade is positioned closer to a stern of the watercraft than a bow and the blade is movable relative to the hull between a retracted position and a deployed position, The blade control assembly comprises a foot-operable retraction actuator 114, a blade-retraction mechanism, and control lines 116 and 119. The blade-retraction mechanism is actuatable by the retraction actuator via the control lines to move the blade between the retracted position and the deployed position.
Hand-powered watercraft
2023-04-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English