Boating with non AI partners

Keith, your neoprene boots should fit fine if you adjust the straps.

Of course, I know how to adjust the straps. Maybe I need to clarify what my "neoprene boots" are. Here is a picture of the NRS ATB boot I use. I only use my AI/TI on the ocean, mostly the Gulf of Mexico, but always in saltwater off south Florida. I use these heavy boots because I do not like walking on coral rocks or oyster bars in anything less. For size 12 boot, the straps do not adjust large enough.

Keith

Hey Ti_Tom, I am NOT going to peddle with both a forward push and rear pull. Forward is enough for me. No need to make special straps when I do not intend to use them for the rear pull!

Keith

I do not know enough about physics and the ergonomics of paddling/pedaling to explain it.

Flat water, no wind; paddling my surf ski I can catch up with and stay with an extremely-fit, strong, relatively-young guy pedaling a Revo/Mirage Drive.... and I'm older than dirt.

My uneducated guess is that pedaling a Mirage Drive uses fewer and smaller muscles than proper paddling - which uses both the legs and the core muscles of the upper body. ..... After a 1-hour hard workout on my surf ski, my legs are so trashed that I have trouble walking back to my car. ..... Also when paddling and doing intervals, my heart rate quickly rises to over 90% of it's "220-minus-age" max.... whereas I find it quite difficult to get it anywhere near that pedaling my Mirage Drive..... I can do it, but it's not what I would call pleasant.... concentrating all the load on one or two muscles in my legs.