maybe I won't have to wait till I'm older and wealthier to build a
sub afterall!
are there any plans or design guidelines on the psub site or
elsewhere for
----- 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