Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Secret sub bases (was: More youthful wetsub experiences)

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@onewest.net>]

I'd remove the sub from the water after each use.  Reduces the hull
corrosion considerably.  As for the rails dipping into the ocean, yeah
it could have been fishing boats, but I doubt it.  All depends on the
size of the rail.  Are they 15#, 20#, 50#, 112#, 116#, 131# or 180#?  15
pound rail would be used for smaller boats.  131 pound rail would be for
small/medium ships or submarines.  That is the weight per yard of rail. 
So the 15# is 15 pounds per yard of steel rail and the 180 is 180 pounds
per yard of rail.  And a yard isn't all that big.  Here in the US they
generally use anywhere from 116# to 180# rail for commercial railroads.
Carl


Michael Holt wrote:
> 
> Alec Smyth wrote:
> >
> > Actually probably some real U-boats. There was word of people taking u-boats
> > down there, going ashore, and scuttling them. I myself have been diving in a
> > u-boat base on the Argentine coast, at a spot called Cracker Bay. There are
> > some demolished concrete ruins, and railroad tracks that disappear into the
> > sea. The place is on a farm in Patagonia which is owned by a german family
> > who told us what it was.
> 
> This brings up a question.  We've talked about the problems of
> launching from a trailer, but so far no one has talked about the
> problems of launching a psub from a permanent and dedicated
> facility.
> 
> The railroad tracks at Cracker Bay is probably just an ancient
> marine railway for working on fishing boats, but it would be
> just about perfect for the small psubs we're discussing.
> 
> I ask because I have know a few persons who owned riverfront
> houses with nice piers and all that.  Keeping a psub in the
> boathouse would be a natural thing to do.
> 
> And it wouldn't have to be secret.
> 
> Mike

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