From: vbra676539@aol.com
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New detailed pictures of the Marlin S1 01 sub
in Seattle, Wa
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:19:48 -0500
Joe, Already built--designed by Mike Stahle and fabricated in Washington by
the same people who built the Atlantis series. I think it's 10-passengers
or so for 1000 foot service. Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: joeperkel@hotmail.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New detailed pictures of the Marlin S1 01 sub
in Seattle, Wa
Paul,
Interesting article , thank you!
Sorry to see Walsh, with his history making background, is a bit
un-informed where p-subs are concerned....quote...
..... "to my knowledge, there are perhaps two personal submarines in
existence," Walsh added. One is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
for use on his superyacht Octopus."
The reporter, for effect, is a bit dramatic in the first paragraph but, it
would seem he enjoyed himself.
So US Subs lost the bid on Mr.. Allen's toy.... Will be interesting to see
what comes out of Olympic then.
Joe
From: "Paul Kreemer" <paulkreemer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New detailed pictures of the Marlin S1 01 sub
in Seattle, Wa
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:54:14 -0800
Florida Joe,
It was just a black rubber pad glued to the deck. Maybe 3/16 thick and the
nubs were diamond shaped. I didn't look closely enough to see the seams
but it runs pretty much the whole length of the deck, fore and aft. You
can see that it's a little oxidized from sun exposure:
http://www.frappr.com/?a=viewphoto&id=263385&pid=4190653 Just lay some
Mothers brand Back in Black on there and it'd be looking good. :-)
But seriously, I thought the whole boat looked very professional, at least
to my amateur eye. It'd be fun to look at it with Vance and hear his
comments. One funny little detail that struck me is that there's a special
slot for the boathook on the deck ahead of the sail. So my impression is
that it was all well thought out and the boat was actually used.
It has more of a WWII fleet sub or U-boat feel than I'd realized from
seeing photos. I guess especially with the black paint job, but it's
interesting how the designer stretched out the waterline with that bow
extension. From the side and out of the water it looks a little odd, but I
wonder if it gives a little better speed on the surface? A while ago I did
a crude estimate of the surface running speed of this boat and it came
right out as expected - so I'm going to extrapolate a little more and say
that the jutting bow does work to extend the waterline and increase the
hull speed.
Here's some more info I'd found on this boat, including a story by a
Seattle PI reporter who got to dive in her:
http://sub-log.com/us_subs_demo_dive_in_puget_sound
Yes, it was a little sunny yesterday but windy and in the 40s. Oh well,
spring is coming. :-)
Paul
On 2/21/07, Joseph Perkel <
joeperkel@hotmail.com> wrote:
Paul,
Looks like a nice day up there by you for the winter...thanks for the extra
shots.
Noticed this time just how much protection is installed for the forward
acrylic port. Very interesting.
Did you notice what the material make up of the diamond plate non-skid is?
Joe
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