Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Wet sub

["Dale" <heinzind@telusplanet.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Ford" <rjford@sympatico.ca>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Wet sub


> Well given your remark, Jonathan...it seems as good a time as any to
> de-lurk myself.
> 
> My name is Julian Ford.  I am a Systems Engineer, and also a NAUI-
> certified diver.
> 
> I am building a wet sub, and have already built and wet-tested a
> prototype (basically one passenger compartment), and am about to
> proceed on to the full thing.
> 
> It will be 12 feet long, 2 feet high at the center line, and 3 feet
> wide at the widest point.  There are ballast tanks on either side
> which run most of the length of the sub, divided into fore and aft
> compartments.  With ballast tanks flooded, the sub will be neutrally
> bouyant.
> 
> I'm using composite construction of fiberglass with a foam core,
> and will be propelling it with a Minn Kota trolling motor.  There
> are dive planes to control the depth, which I expect to rarely
> (if ever) exceed about 60 feet.  It's too dark and cold beyond that
> anyway, at least up here in Canadian waters.
> 
> I've been silently following this group for a few months now,
> and have enjoyed many of the topics.  If anyone wishes to chat,
> I would be more than happy to do so.
> 
> Looking forward to lots of sub-talk!
> 
> Regards,
> Julian
> 

> 
> 
> what part of Canada are you from??

dale