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Joseph Perkel wrote: > Here is what started the trouble for me in the first place, this > replica of the S-44 boat. > > http://www.fastkayak.com/s44.html Beautiful project, isn't it? > When I saw this, I wondered if it would be technically feasible to > build a similar fully submergible ambient design of the same > materials. At first I had big ideas but reality dictates a different > approach. I've had the same sort of idea in mind for several years. I call it a diving boat: it's always positively buoyant, and it dips underwater using the planes only. There might be some ballast taken in to reduce the freeboard, but in general it's a surface ship. Done right, and kept to a minimum depth, it might not need any electric motors. My choice of hull was a Laurenti design from 1912. It became the G-4, and was an unstable piece of trash, but the shape is what attracted me. It's long and low, and has a small conning tower. My second choice of hull was taken from the German Type IX. That has a wide flat deck, just right for deck chairs in a 1/10th replica. Mike |