Score a boating trifecta—paddle, pedal, and sail—with Hobie's supremely versatile Island. Starting with the stable platform of a 16-foot sit-on-top sea kayak, Hobie added a pair of removable, outrigger-style supports, or amas, to give the boat extra steadiness in rough conditions, plus a mast and furling sail that transform the craft into a wind-driven speedster. It sounds like a strange mutant, but the parts are so well engineered that it took me less than ten minutes to set up. The pedaling system, also removable, allows hands-free propulsion while you steer using a joystick rudder control. I was on high gimmick alert when I took this boat out on the Pacific, but pedaling added at least an extra knot of speed to my sailing pace and enabled me to keep moving during the inevitable doldrums. $2,995; www.hobiecat.com