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Hi Joe.
I'm glad to know you felt that way. I guess the negativity
of some members to the concept she was a hybrid overshadowed (in my mind at
least) your interest and perhaps a few others who WERE
actually interested in the subject.
Sorry if I forgot or missed your's and their interests in
the Hunley. She fascinates me like no other boat. The era, the materials, the
lack of the confederacy being able to smuggle an electric motor out of Union
controlled
New York so they used manpower, the amazing complexity for
her era, the boiler she was made from, her strange open top ballast tanks and
her design to hold all her air and never lose any,
the courage and perserverance to man her with previous
crews drowned, the fact that she was the first sub to sink a ship IN COMBAT, her
early use of a snorkel (that didn't work well),
and finally the fact that we have her today relatively
intact to study. I like the pioneer, the resurgam, the Argonaut and other early
boats, but none have the sheer guts and glory like the Hunley. At least for me
anyway. I wish we could discuss
her more here but after the last episode wherein I almost
cancelled my membership at psubs, I hesitate to discuss her too much in detail
onlist at least. So I send the occasional snipet about her without going into
too much detail.
If you would ever like to discuss her with me in detail,
drop me an e mail offlist.
Bill Akins.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:52
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Most
accurate Hunley model.
Actually Bill, I for one, and I'm sure others, was fascinated by the
subject. I came away from it impressed how necessity is the mother of
invention. Not to mention the educational and historical perspectives.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 2:38
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Most
accurate Hunley model.
No Brian. Jim has asked me a valid question and
I was HAPPY to answer it. I was after all vindicated
in my Hunley conceptual beliefs by a Hunley
archaeologist. So instead of checking the psubs archives,
check the link I sent Jim and read what the
Hunley archaeologist answered in response to my conceptual
questions regarding the Hunley. That will clear
things up REAL fast, whereas our archives only shows naysayers
arguing and disparaging me. It was very nice to
be correct on this one. But I am not always. I have made
mistakes
posting here before. But yes, being vindicated
on this one was VERY satisfactory to me. It was also educational
for the psubs group in that it showed not to
disparage someone's concepts unless you can disprove them, and
also taught the group that the Hunley was in
fact a hybrid of ambient and 1atm operation as I always said she
was.
Bill Akins...the "candlewaster".
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006
12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Most
accurate Hunley model.
Oh no, I'm getting that "sinking"
feeling again ;) Maybe just check the archives on that
one Jim !
Brian
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006
20:31
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Most
accurate Hunley model.
Thanks for the link, Bill. A very
stylish model indeed!
You know, I racall a discussion here
about the Hunley some months ago, but I lost track of it. Tell me,
are you still of the opinion that the Hunley was a hybrid ambient
submarine? How was that concept received by others in the
group?
Cheers!
Jim
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