Alec, Pleasure to speak with you once again. While Andros Is. is the
largest island in the Logistics for PSUB operations here are not great. Most boat ramps
are shallow making sub launch difficult. The main island road is rather
rough in most places. Electrical power supply is not clean and can be
iffy. Freight ferry out of Dania, FL (just south of Ft. Lauderdale) to
the island can be problematic (took 3 months to get my boat and truck over
before we had access to the military barge out of Port Canaveral, FL).
Local Customs bureaucracy and pocket lining (both of which have supposedly been
curtailed) can make life difficult when importing something. There has
recently been inaugurated a direct flight from If you were to visit the island as my guest, you would fly over on a
space available basis on the CSC’s chartered 19-seat plane for $42
round-trip, the equivalent of a motel room on the Base if we can’t find a
spare empty room runs $31/night, and 3 meals a day in our cafeteria totals $10.
The wall/reef is 0.64 nm from our ramp which would be very serviceable at high
tide. The reef is further offshore in most other areas along the cost
The dive club on Base has three 17 ft. Whalers with 40 & 50 HP engines
which would make great tenders. Air is also available and we make our own
dependable electricity. There are a variety of other craft that would be
willing to support sub ops. Bahamian Customs is much easier for us to
deal with than the general populace visiting the Hope this long expose answers everyone’s questions. As to sub ops in SE Florida, if you wanted to dive the great reef off
of West Palm to R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Adros Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain -----Original Message----- Jay, If you have local information on the practicality of logistics for diving a K250 there I'd be really interested as well. For instance, if
I shipped Snoopy, should I do so with the trailer and can you think of places to launch the sub or keep it while it's out of the water? I took Snoopy to of tows and the currents. My conclusion is for a sub with a surface speed of 4 knots and an endurance of 10 miles, and that's just not anything a K-250 can ever do. I've been in
communication with Karl Stanley about shipping a sub in Roatan, and while the logistics there are ideal, shipping costs to get there are probably
much higher than to your neck of the woods. Thanks, Alec |