RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Boat in a boat

Hello Dean,

I was looking at the Roamers and I'm not sure I was looking at the right ones. What is the engine arrangement? Is there space in the hull to add allot of none floodable buoyancy, like urethane foam or sealed tanks? The K-350 type of sub is pretty heavy and sits low in the water, so a sort of track lined with black UHMW going up and into the boat might work. In that configuration, a electric winch could pull the sub in. The track system could also have pontoons under it, that you can use like VBT's to give you more buoyancy in the rear once the sub is secured to the track. The track would likely need to be curved, so it transitions into the boat without a ridge.

Pulling the sub out would be in reverse, but with the winch cable connected to the other end of the sub and then fed through a pulley that is attached to the far end of the track. The track could be a part of the custom transom, of which has large hinges at it's base, and is lifted and lowered using hydraulics, winches, or your favorite mule. In short, I can see lots of options, but they will need to be looked at one at a time.

Regards,

Brent

From: Recon1st@aol.com
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Boat in a boat
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:31:04 EDT

has anyone attempted to load their sub into the support vessel.

I am building a highly modified k350 total length around 20'

beam 5' outer shell.

My thoughts were using a 36' 12' beam 60's vintage

Criss Craft Roamer steel hull. Thinking on opening up transom

and winching the sub in and close the transom.

Looking at the hull design and rough calculations of weight

and draft of the Roamer It looks like it would work.

Am I wasting my time?

Dean

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