Portable pedal system for kayaks and other watercraft

A portable pedal system comprising a belt drive, a transmission structure, and a vessel;

• wherein the belt drive and the transmission structure removably attaches to the vessel;
• wherein the belt drive attaches to the transmission structure, is a rotating structure, is manually powered, receives rotational energy and transmits a rotating energy to the transmission structure, and removably attaches to the vessel mount;
• wherein the portable pedal system is a propulsion device that removably attaches to the vessel and is manually powered;
• wherein the vessel comprises a vessel mount that is an anchor point attached to the vessel and that secures the belt drive and the transmission structure to the vessel;
• wherein the belt drive is a manually powered mechanical rotating device that receives rotational energy and transmits the rotating energy to the transmission structure, removably attaches to the vessel mount, wherein the belt drive comprises a drive mechanism, a drive pulley, a drive belt, a transfer pulley, and a mounting structure, wherein the drive mechanism attaches to the drive pulley and the drive belt attaches the drive pulley to the transfer pulley;
• wherein the transmission structure is a mechanical device and a rotating structure, forms a mechanical linkage with the belt drive, receives rotational energy from the belt drive, transmits the received rotational energy to mechanical energy used to propel the vessel, and removably attaches to the vessel mount;
• wherein the mounting structure attaches the drive pulley to the vessel mount, and attaches the transfer pulley to the vessel mount;
• wherein the transfer pulley attaches the belt drive to the transmission structure such that a rotation of the transfer pulley rotates the transmission structure;
• and
• wherein the transmission structure comprises a drive shaft, a universal joint, a propeller shaft, and a propeller, the drive shaft attaches the belt drive to the universal joint, the universal joint removably attaches the drive shaft to the propeller shaft, the propeller shaft attaches the universal joint to the propeller, and wherein the propeller shaft is able to pivot, allowing the propeller shaft to be lowered into and below a water line without the drive shaft, the universal joint, or the pulley drive having to go into or below the water line.