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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Nekton, Delta
This is a good point. I've spent a lot of hours considdering how I was goign to store a sub in the water.... Because of junk collecting in the ballast tanks. Now the real questoin is how to keep windows clean below the waterline. heheh
has anyone considdered a livaboard design. I'm not talking huge. Just something decently sized, and could take the place of a 25-30 foot cabin cruiser. The biggest thing on my mind so far is how to seal off the vents necessary to life in a closed enviroment. Plumbing, cooking exhaust, bahtroom exaust. All of this ONLY on the surface though. Bathroom and galley would be off limits when submerged.
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On 3/14/00 at 8:15 PM Karl & Shirin Fuller wrote:
>Thanks Big Dave,
>For all the links, I can see why you like the Delta and will be building a
>similar vessel.
>Do they get any problem with salt or dirt build up in the ballast tank and
>cutting down visibility ? In an autonomous sub, in the water most of the
>time, this could be a problem but it is a great idea and solves safety and
>ballast problems. Actually, the sub would be operational with the ballast
>tanks full of air most of the time so most of the marine growth would be on
>the outside and easily cleaned.......in summer.
>From down under,
>Karl.
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