Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: escape question

[bruno masse <rodin4@videotron.ca>]

and he had the idea to to 500' with that metal scrap?
----- Original Message -----
From: <bmshomstein@att.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: escape question


> The sub that sank in the canal was in Marathon in the Florida Keys. The
home
> of the late Ron Violette was a meeting place for people with subs. In the
> years I knew him he had many subs at his home. Some dived, some were never
> finished.
>
> The sub that sank had only made a few dives. Supposedly the hull was made
of
> a highly modified pipe cap. Along the sides were 2 pipes holding
batteries.
> The batteries had no catylators.
>
> The plan was to to dive on a wreck in 500'. Ron's dock along the canal had
2
> large cranes. The crew put the sub in the water in preperation of towing.
A
> few guys were in the sub. When the pipe holding the batteries blew off
it's
> end cap, the sub listed to one side and sank in the 15' deep canal.
Everyone
> escaped unharmed.
>
> Unfotunately the sub suffered thousands in damage. As far as I know it
never
> dove again by the owner. He sold it later.
>
> --
> Berny Shomstein
> P O Box 1644
> Miami, FL 33233
> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:54:54 +0000 bmshomstein@att.net writes:
> > >
> > >I know 2 incidents where subs were ditched then salvaged.
> > >
> > >The Alvin sank and sat on the bottom for a year in the 1960s. I don't
> > >remember the entire story, it's in the book "Water Baby".
> >
> > In about a mile of water, as I recall.    A bit rich for my blood.
> >
> > >The other was a sub some friends sank in a canal in the Florida Keys.
> > >An external battery pod exploded and the sub sank in the canal. The sub
> > >was quickly raised.
> >
> > Do we have a good report on this one?   I've never heard of it.
> >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Berny Shomstein
> > >P O Box 1644
> > >Miami, FL 33233
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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