[PSUBS-MAILIST] Change of heart

["Joseph Perkel" <joeperkel@hotmail.com>]

Gentlemen,

While you guys had the convention, I had a change of heart regarding the 
NR-2. The reason being that I just turned 47 this month. This wouldn't get 
built until well into my fifties.

I had 26 years between the time I joined the Navy and had my daughter. That 
was 26 years of good times in Margaritaville, fishing / diving with my 
buddies and, it is quite simply....over. The days of when I could take a 
buddy out and go on "patrol" with NR-2 for days at a time are quite simply 
gone and, are replaced with a totally different but yet wonderful lifestyle 
that I wouldn't trade for anything now.

But I've got the "fever" though, this is by no means going away. It's two 
years now into this, to the point of learning CAD and yacht design inspired 
by the thought of building a personal submersible, so it is by no means a 
"passing fancy."

A few weeks ago it occurred to me that I would still need a surface support 
vessel for my family to be able to go out with me in some degree of comfort. 
Some of you may remember a small tug on my frappr site, so I came up with a 
compromise version suitable for towing a submersible offshore in Florida. So 
this obviously negates the need for diesel electric autonomy and the 
associated cost / complexity.

http://www.frappr.com/?a=viewphoto&id=269116&pid=7515546&myphotos=1

Now then, I will go the other extreme and ordered K-250 plans from PSUBS a 
few days ago! The deciding factor, was Alec's little flatbed trailer and the 
thought of being able to have it all, the boat and the sub!

My thoughts are to transform the K-250 into a one man version of the new 
Alvin replacement with a snub nose and saddle tanks for increased forward 
visibility. Here you can see the beginnings of this concept on the K-350 
while I await the K-250 plans.

Joe





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