Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Buying a Russian sub

[Dan h <machine@epix.net>]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!
Dreams are fine, but for the budget of most of us on this list, even the dream
of it is to expensive.  Why don't we stick a little closer to postings we can
afford and share to the benefit of each other?

Just one humble opinion.
Well, maybe two.

Dan H.

Jeff Post wrote:

> Someday (hopefully) everyone will realize that smaller is better. If you
> really had millions of dollars to buy several OLD decommissioned subs, you
> would be much better off to buy or build something much smaller, more
> manageable.
>
>  Just think how much it would cost to dry dock a 300' boat.
>
> Here's an exiting thought: how much would it cost to paint a military sub
> with something like antifouling paint?
> Let's say the diameter is 40', circumference ~125', one gallon would paint
> ~2 linear feet, or ~150 gallons per coat (2 coats at least), $100 /gallon
> for the cheap stuff = $30,000. (I'm sure you'll want to paint it yourself,
> and that you've got a brush). Let's say you could roll out 125 sqft in 1
> hour, you only need 600 hours labor to paint it. Or you could start paying
> for professional labor at $75 / hr.
>
> Another amusing thing to contemplate: how much would batteries cost for the
> beast? More than a decomm sub cost.
>
> Basically, why would anyone want an old,huge worn out problem that a
> government thinks they can't afford?
>
> JP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Brownlee <jonnie@scarymonsters.net>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:53 PM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Buying a Russian sub
>
> > So, let's just say I buy myself a de-commisisoned Russian sub. How
> > on earth do you get replacement parts for pumps and such? Is anyone
> > actually doing this? Or is it like the Russian jets people bring over
> > where you buy two, one to fly and one to part out?
> >
> > John
> >
> > John Brownlee
> > Chief Systems Administrator
> > Scary Monsters Network
> > jonnie at scarymonsters dot net
> >