Abstract: A manually driven water propulsion device including a propulsion assembly comprising an attachment strap, a gearbox, a flexible shaft, a propeller, securing booties and bootie attachment member, the attachment strap being configured as a loop, in an operative orientation the attachment strap being coupled to the gearbox and fastened around a user's waist, the gearbox having a lower surface, a top, a bottom; and a gear assembly being positioned within the gearbox for affording rotation of the shaft and propeller, the bootie attachment member rotatably coupled to the shaft and adapted to allow releasable coupling with the securing booties.