DO THE MATH!!! An inflatable boat or an A-cat can weight in under 450 pounds. An Isotope with two people and gear can hit the scales at 800pounds.
Think about it rowing against the flow of the river 100 miles.
The folding catamaran is ingenius but either needs a longer waterline or super bouyant hulls.
Actually I got to put the numbers into real life and try it all out. I got a 16' prindle that I'm gonna weigh, put wheels under and try to tow with a bike. Then I'll add all the weight that I think I'll carry, and tweak the wheels and portage setup until it works (or fails ending this whole idea).
If this all works out, then it's on to the rowing aspect and put this idea into the water and "see if it floats". I got great testing grounds, similar to florida so this is great.
Then comes the sailing tests using windsurfing gear ....... again, my 2 sets of prindle 16 hulls will be my test platform.
Initially I'll build up the folding system with what ever "stuff" I got laying around to make a full scale mockup with the prindle16 hulls.
My tests will help me further the design and show me what new design aspects I hadn't yet thought of awaits me.
