Patent ID: 8753156

Claim:
A human powered watercraft comprising a bow and a stern, a deck, a rudder at the stern and a cockpit intermediate the bow and the stern further comprising: power means carried by the watercraft providing a source of propulsive power comprising pedals for receiving human input force; a seating area in said cockpit aft of said pedals for carrying a human operator; said rudder being freely rotatable left and right and carried about a vertical axis by a connection to said stern and having in proximity to the lower extremity of said rudder, propulsion means for propelling the watercraft comprising a propeller or fins; said rudder being retractable about said connection about an axis generally transverse to the stern of said watercraft, said rudder being rotatable on said connection about said axes to be stored above and lay essentially flat on the deck of said watercraft aft of said seating area while remaining connected to the stern of said watercraft; and a drive train connecting said source of propulsive power with the bottom of said rudder to drive said propulsion means.