WOW! Congradulations Herve and thanks for the photos. I posted them
on my web site. (Hope you don't mind.) I am looking forward to
an update in August after her dive test.
--Doug J
In a message dated 5/29/2005 4:03:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
hjaubert@emirates.net.ae writes:
Hello
Doug,
Attached pictures of my Proteus the Submersible yacht, this is the
first time ever built submersible yacht with luxury interior, she
looks like a boat but fully submerges in 60 ft max depth,
I launched
the proteus for the Dubai international boat show and i am
now outrigging
the boat for a test dive in 3 months.
45 tons, carries 10 people in the
watertight cabin and up to 15 divers
on deck.
1200HP diesel engine for
surface and 200 kw electric motor for
submerged transits.
300 miles
range surface, 24 miles range under the water.
manned with 1 pilot and 1
engineer
Top speed 25 knts
price tag: $8M
cheers
Herve
Jaubert
----- Original Message -----
From: Herve
<hjaubert@emirates.net.ae>
Date: Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:39
pm
Subject: Fw: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub form as a float ship normal:
Exist?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
From: DJACKSON99@aol.com
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:13 PM
> Subject:
Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub form as a float ship normal: Exist?
>
>
> Greetings Fanta
>
> First off
congradulations! I saw your profile and you have an
> impressive array
of languages.
>
> The problem with boat hulls as you likely
know, is that they are
> not a good shape for withstanding the
pressure. So if a sub looks
> like it has a common boat hull it is
either just a thin covering
> over a steel tube that hides and protects
all of the external
> working stuff and also makes the sub more
streamlined like W.W.II
> subs or it is a wet sub. I am working
on building a dry ambient
> that is also a surface planing jet boat,
and I have some examples
> of wet subs the also perform well on the
surface on my web site;
> www.submarineboat.com One is a design
that is currently being
> built for the US Navy Seals. There are no
good photos available
> but it is a lot like an inflatable ridged
bottom boat that can
> deflate and submerge. And the winner of the 2003
Concept Boat
> contest is a seed boat/wet sub. Both of these are
on my
> "Submarine 101" page. Another example was built by Herve
Jauvert
> on the "Evolution of Design" page. My own boat is a dry
ambient
> which complicates the problem a bit more because in order to
> submerge with air inside the cabin, I have to take with me a lot
> of lead weight, which is not ideal for a boat that you also want
> plane when running on the surface.
>
> Good Day
--Doug
>
>
> In a message dated 5/27/2005 1:12:04 PM
Central Daylight Time,
> fanta590@yahoo.com writes:
>
Hi Michael and Mike,
> thank you very much for
information about Kaiten, I have a
> question more: Are there sub with
the hull form as a normal ship?
> it mean: a boat on surface can dive
when it need.
> The form of sub is as any float boat. I
wonder if it exist.
> Have you ideas?
> Thank
again
> Fanta
>
>
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