Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Update on Busby Books: Sold Out!

[SeaLordOne@aol.com]

Ray,

That is quite a long list.  I trust this is a wish list for the entire Psubs volunteer community, and not just the little old SeaLord?  The Busby Book experience shows me that it is possible to support the community in important ways that do not require an ounce of knowledge on how to build a Psub.  We can all help out in one way or another.

I will get the letter of permission for the Busby's.  Although you don't actually need one to post public domain materials, I understand your liability concerns and will get you a letter from the Navy. 

As to building Undaunted II, I have been working that issue indirectly, and strategically.  I recently purchased a waterfront second home an hour an a half from my primary home in Northern Virginia.  It has a 75-foot dock that juts into St. Leonards Creek, which flows into the Patuxut River, which flows into the Cheasapeake Bay, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean...you get the picture.  There is a 30 foot boat moored upstream of my dock, so I am sure I will have sufficient draft for my sub.

The house is a Cape Cod...sitting up on 12 foot pilings.  It is not on pilings because of the danger of flooding, but because it is build on the side of a hill, and the old owner wanted a spectacular water view.  The pilings are partially enclosed.  The entire area under my house will be my submarine boatworks.  My wife understands.

I now have to begin building my boatworks, putting in some sort of overhead crane, re-fresh my SCUBA skills, take a community college course in welding...lots of prep work to be done.  The design for for Undaunted II will come in time.

Actually, the first thing I want to do is spiff up Undaunted I and take a couple of glamor shots of her, so I can get her up on the Psubs website.  In time.  I still have some backorder Busby's to get out the door.

Doug Farrow