Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] submarine races - was/Introduction

[Lew Clayman <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>]

--- David Shultz <david_r_shultz@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In junior high I too dreamed of building a copy of the Hunley. I really 
> think manned powered subs would draw a crowd if a competition was held for 
> them. I would like to see the Turtle, Fulton's Nautilus, the Hunley, Whilhem 
> Bauer's boat to name a few.

"Watching the submarine races" is apparently a local teenager's phrase (I wasn't a teenager in
these parts) meaning "Couples at the beach at night."
 
> I came across a union civil war submarine called the Aligator that was oar 
> powered. She was built in 1863. She was later converted to a crank and 
> propellor like the Hunley. She foundered before her first mission.

Count on me for a cranking hand, but all these scary stories... maybe that Atavan thread is really
part of this thread?

-L

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