[PSUBS-MAILIST] Euro Subs

Douglas Suhr spiritofcalypso at gmail.com
Mon Sep 9 14:43:46 EDT 2013


Too late Alan, I'm already jealous! Can't wait to see your photos /
footage. Wish I could have been there. ~ Douglas S.


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> Thanks, yes took some pictures & video. Will show you at conference.
> Everywhere you go people engage you in conversation & eventually
> It gets to my destination in America being a submarine convention.
> People are just so interested in the concept of personal submersibles.
> Looking forward to catching up with everyone.
> Regards Alan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 9/09/2013, at 3:17 PM, JimToddPsub at aol.com wrote:
>
>  Alan,
> Congratulations on that portion of your world tour.  Did you take any
> pictures?  Looking forward to seeing you in Florida at the convention.
> Jim
>
>  In a message dated 9/9/2013 2:32:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com writes:
>
> I don't want to make anyone jealous, but over the last couple of days
> I've visited Carsten & the Euronaut & been for a dive with Emile in the
> Nordic sub.
> Carsten is situated in Rostock, in the North East corner of Germany, on
> the Baltic sea.
> Very nice tourist destination that has tour boats visiting.
> Carsten took me to see Sgt Peppers & the Euronaut. There is nothing like
> being there.
> The photos & videos don't do the boats justice. When you get inside the
> Euronaut you
> can appreciate why it took 12 years to build. Carsten spent about 2 to 3
> hrs answering
> Questions & explaining it's features. One stand out design feature was the
> many beer
> Bottle holders with Irish beer in them. I think these were the first items
> he designed in
> his CAD program & the rest of the boat evolved around these.
> Coincidentally Hugh, from my city Auckland, had visited the day before.
> Two days later I met up with Emile, who is only about 20 minutes by train
> from Amsterdam.
> He has the Nordic sub moored permanently outside a dive facility on a very
> picturesque little
> Lake. I am going in to a bit of detail here in case anyone wants to take
> their wife for a holiday
> In the Netherlands. Emile operates the submarine commercially & the dive
> was certainly the
> highlight of my trip so far.  He had a lot of control over the boat & was
> hovering inches above
> Wrecks. The Nordic sub dives slightly lite so it can move off the bottom
> without engaging
> the thrusters & so doesn't disturb the sediment.
> It was a pleasure meeting up with Carsten & Emile who have been helpful to
> me on the net
> over the last 4 to 5 years. Many thanks guys.
> Regards Alan
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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