Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Karl Stanley's Idabel

Hi Bill,

I'm not sure if he ever added any motors or not to it...I didn't get a chance to see it up close. I did ask him about the motors on Idabel and he said they were just 36 volt MinnKota trolling motors which were air compensated. I think one of the pictures I took had a closeup of one.

Al Secor ARS: WA3PWX Scuba Instructor SSI PDIC TDI
http://www.geocities.com/SubDiverI

----- Original Message -----

From: Akins

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org

Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:14 PM

Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Karl Stanley's Idabel

Hi Al.

Wow! Only $25,000 for Sea Bug is a good price. I'm susprised he will even sell her considering she was his first labor of love. I wouldn't sell her if it was me.

Sea Bug is the unusual gliding non powered sub that made Karl famous and got him in the news. She has redundant systems all over. Multiple ballast tanks where

any one tank will enable the sub to surface. For some of our members, rather than trying to build a new sub with all the costs, time and labor and frustration involved,

$25.000 for Karl's 1 atm historical gliding sub is not a bad alternative. I read somewhere that Karl had contemplated putting a small motor on it, had one available, or something about

him doing something with a motor on it. Did he ever install any kind of motor that you know of?

Bill Akins.

----- Original Message -----

From: Al Secor

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org

Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:46 AM

Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Karl Stanley's Idabel

Hi Bill,

No, he still has C-BUG for sale. It was sitting on the beach a couple of doors down from Idabel. Even though his website has it listed for $50,000, he told me he had lowered the price to $25,000.

Al Secor ARS: WA3PWX Scuba Instructor SSI PDIC TDI
http://www.geocities.com/SubDiverI

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