maybe I won't have to wait till I'm older and wealthier to build a sub
afterall!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:33
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] I will
build it!
Welcome Jim!!
Regarding $ to build your own boat . . . you may want to consider
building a simple, dry-ambient sub. Compared to a one-atm sub, it's
not expensive at all.
We're talking epoxy/FRP over a 1/4 inch ply skin, a trolling
motor, maybe two batts with a selector switch, some rebar as ballast,
glassed over 2X4 keel, some plexi windows, simple mechanical controls,
simple scuba gauges, some LP line, used dive tanks, maybe some inexpensive
bilge pumps and a few through-hull fittings. I bet you could squeeze
in under the price of an ocean kayak.
If you keep your sub lean and mean, it'll use up less batt power, go
further and last longer - all of that translates into a cheap-to-run
sub. If the idea is to get water over your window this may be a viable
project for you after all.
BTW, since you have decided to join us, you may consider getting your
map pin onto our Frappr site. Twenty members of our list have joined
so far. It's a way we can identify immediately who's doing what around
the world.
Warm regards,
Rick Lucertini
Vancouver, Canada
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:10
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] I will build
it!
Hello all, I'm new to the group. I spent 6 years in the US naval
submarine service. 4 years 10 months on board the USS Baton Rouge (SSN
689). Now middle age has me by the b#$%s, and I want to build a boat of my
own. I figure I won't have the time/money/space for at least 5 years. I
count that as a benefit, as I should have a pretty good plan by then. in
the mean time, I'll learn and share what little I know.
Jim