This thing is a car without a motor that looks like a boat. It is propelled by means of the occupants' efforts at a rowing machine mechanism. The videos are of a four-person prototype which served as a warm up for the real thing: a 13 person (12 rowers + 1 helmsman) 38-foot-long road-going viking boat. While the large version remains a work in progress, the prototype is fully functional.
Web site: http://www.austinvikingboat.com/
Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lA7LRVKbww
Matt Norris
This project is made possible by the generous support of the E.G.A.D. adventure capitalist group.