Hi Dan,
you can add me to the list
Sub: Three seater ambinent
Sub Name: Drydive
Sub displacment: 2100kgs
Surface drive: 10hp diesel
Underwater drive: 2x80lb mintoka trolling motors
Trim: 1x80lb mintoka trolling motor
Air supply: 3x125cuft (main air) and 2x72cuft
(reserve)scuba tanks
Depth: Max 30 metres, so far acheived 10 metres for 30
minutes solo
Location: Wellington New Zealand.
Sub condition: Started testing in december 2006
Sub finalised: October 2007 and on trailer
Number of dives: october 07 - february 08 have
completed 68 dives
Contact: email drydivenz@yahoo.com
Personal comment: This craft does need air
conditioning when carying 2 passengers as it gets very
hot.
I would be happy to help in anyway I can.
regards
Brent
--- " Dan. H." <jumachine@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm calling out a second time for sub owners, sub
> builders and anyone that knows the location of a
> P-sub.
>
> You may remember, I am trying to compile a list of
> personal subs. The main reason for the list was to
> locate subs, and people who could help with specific
> questions about them. Also, I am doing some
> research into standards for personal sub rescue.
> When I first started these two ventures, they
> weren't connected, but that's changing.
>
> After talking to rescue people from several
> different agencies, I'm surprised at how alone we
> are when diving in a sub. Those guys have almost no
> idea personal subs even exist, much less, how to run
> a rescue operation for one.
>
> The first thing they all ask is "how many of you are
> there?" As in everything of this sort, the more
> personal subs there are, the more they take it
> seriously that they may encounter a rescue involving
> one of us. The more they realize this, the more
> emphasis they will put on being prepared to do such
> a task, if called on.
>
> So, for our collective good, please send the
> following information to me and I will compile it.
> *Sub type or description
> *Diving depth
> *Location (country, state and or city)
> *Owner
> *Description of subs condition (half built,
> working, can dive with some repair, just a rusting
> flower box)
> *How to contact you
> *Would you be willing to answer questions about
> construction or diving?
> *Anything else you feel useful to note about the sub
> or yourself.
>
> Either reply as a return to this posting or to me
> off list at jumachine@comcast.net
>
> After chatting with the director of a national
> American dive agency for a while he said "I have to
> tell you, when I got the message to contact you
> about rescue operations involving people with
> personal submarines, my first thought was, what kind
> of nut am I going to be talking to with this one."
>
> We talked for a while and I got him browsing the
> Psubs website during the later part of our
> conversation. As we were hanging up, his parting
> words were, "I thought as rescuers we had everything
> covered but I've learned with your call, you guys
> are real and out there. As a rescue organization,
> we need to be prepared to rescue you if we're ever
> called on to do so."
>
> Interesting! I'm glad we had our chat before they
> get called on to haul me and my hunk of steel up
> form the deep!
> Dan H.
>
>
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