Adventures of Greg

I’ve been pouring over maps and the Guinness rules trying to figure out how to solve 2 problems: I need a large lake to plot a large course without tight turns so I don’t lose distance and speed as I make my way around the turns multiple times an hour. This rules out Glenmore reservoir […]

The flexible routes concept is made from 10 straight segments that connect physical landmarks (docks). Each segment has a total length as determined by a professional surveyor. I am given credit for traveling any complete segment during the 24 hours, and can only travel the segments shown on the below map. However, I am able to connect the […]

I calculated the total cost of factors that decreased my average speed to be worth about .335 kph This is to say, that my actual 10.18 kph ave speed estimation for 24 hours based on Thursdays record run on Glenmore reservoir *could* be as high as (10.18 + .335 = 10.515 kph) without the impediment of these costs. The factors that caused my […]

What does it take to break a world record? 1. A custom made carbon fiber hull from one of the best racing hull composite guys I know from Kansas city Yancy Scroggins 2. World class human powered boat engineered by *the* industry pioneer from down-under Rick Willoughby 3. About a year of boat fabrication by […]

WELL, this is on!!! Record attempt: Thursday July 13th 8:00 am to Friday July 14th, 8:00 am at the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary Wow. I’m getting so pumped up for Thursday!! I started my carb load today with a stack of pancakes and a Belgian waffle with Bryon at Humpties. I can feel the power […]

I put in a 7 hour training day on the reservoir on Sunday with really encouraging results. I was able to average 10.5 kph over 6 hours on exactly 120 watts in variable conditions from 8″ waves and 15 kph winds to reflective ripples and calm. I’m thinking that if I can guarantee perfectly calm […]

Probably the single most significant factor in my ability to go father than 249 km in 24 hours (a new world record) is my choice of water course. And with a course, there are 6 considerations shown in order of importance, with the importance of each factor shown as an approximate percentage: Water surface condition (40% important) My speed […]

Yes, I’ve decided to name this new boat “Libby” after my mom who passed away almost 1 year ago. She always taught me that I could do anything I set my mind to, and I thought I would honor her by naming my new human powered record attempt boat after her. And after this speed […]

So this turned out to be a much better test than I thought it would be. Thanks to the good folks at Allen’s Trout Farm, we are able to test the new boat in one of their trout ponds that doesn’t freeze over because the water is constantly circulated. Because this pond was quite long, […]

Holy Flying Stabilizer Batman! I finally succeeded in getting a foil to controllably lift one stabilizer out of the water and ‘fly’ it a couple of inches above the water without either of the stabilizer floats touching the water surface with a new high-lift foil. The foil was mounted to my control arm, and I […]