[PSUBS-MAILIST] Euro Subs

Alan alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 10 02:06:50 EDT 2013


Thanks Hank,
I was originally planning to go straight to conference from West to East but
due to a savings on dental work of about $3 - 4,000 in Thailand, ended up
Going via Europe. Hope I find some more subs on the way. I 'm sure I will get 
Bored with old buildings soon.
Alan

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On 10/09/2013, at 12:35 AM, hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Alan,
> That is fantastic, your world tour.  How great you can meet these guys and see there great accomplishments. 
> Hank
> 
> From: Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com>
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 1:31:42 AM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Euro Subs
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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