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Carsten, Great to converse with you and also to hear that you thought through many
of the issues that might occur diving in the North and Two thoughts that might help: 1.
A small handheld Emergency Position
Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) that you can connect to your antenna. Most
Coast Guards can track these and often it is a satellite that gets the first
hits. Great for tracking down a lost boat or person (I have a small one that I
take on in extremis dives or out
in the wilderness. 2. The
second idea may not be feasible. The inflatable collar sounds like a great
idea but there are all kinds of opportunities for failure under trying
conditions. How about a thin fiberglass or aluminum sail coaming that the
surface crew could snap onto the deck around the hatch to limit most of the
water from entering. Guess I am going to have to look at the Sgt. Pepper concept a little closer…would be cool to
build one with some depth capability and cruise our 6000 ft. wall found ½ mile
offshore. I am getting ready to travel back to the States tomorrow morning so
busy right now but would like to continue this conversation off line at a later
time. Is the MerlinSub email address a good place to contact you in the near
future? R/Jay We just discuss that after a night dive of one of our scuba divers. If the diver did manage back to the trawler - he is in really trouble
and will died after some hours at roof and coold sea. On Peppers I can us the Gps to ride back to the meetingpoint, or use
the radio to give the trawler the position. In the night I can additional use the
three searchlights. Outside flashlight is allways running on a regular base. If this is not working because everybody on the trawler is maybe
sleeping or drunken.. - I will do the same, sleep. Turning my body from prone position to
sleep position 180 degrees. Switch scrubber fan offline and all other eletric
and electronics to safe battery power and let just gps and radio on. Connect the hose from the snorckel vale to my mouth and sleep until
sombody in the radio weak me up.. The boat is so small that I can heat the cabin to 22 degress even
in the north sea wearing a t-shirt, a hose and socks.. If it gets cold in theory I
switch on the inside search light which give me some nearly 50 watts of heat. Should run about 24 hours
at least. On daylight or even on night I can use the 360 turning videoskop to
look for some friendly fishing vessel with a crane.. I think I have a much, much better position to survife some days in the
boat than a diver in the water.. Ps. If the crane of the trawler is not working the trawler can be use
as wave barrier and I can manage my way from the micro-sub to the inflatable boat. As
long as I am in the hatch only a very little water can rush in ;-) We can tow the
boats than home. For Euronaut I purchase exit-hoods from a US-nuke military surplus. A liferaft is a device I should think about it. Wish we can quick exhange pictures and drawings on psubs..
Moki-file-server is so slow. Best Regards Carsten ***************************************************************** |