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That reminds me of some thing Hugh. The floating catamaran trailer I'm working on the design for where the amas move out parallel to each other once it's in the water, that has no axles in the way for lowering the sub that's on the trailer/dock might work for your Comsub. The catamaran trailer can have wave piercing bows for making it easy to tow, or just power it by it's self with outboard motors. It can also be completely enclosed if you wish. Also another option is to use one of those inflatable boat lifts that has no real frame work to speak of to make the sub float sooner when launched from a standard trailer configuration with a tongue extender.. Regards, Szybowski From: ShellyDalg@aol.com Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:23:15 -0400 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Comsub in New Zealand To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Hi Hugh. That sounds fantastic!!!! I've always been impressed by the com sub info that's come up from time to time. Congratulations!
It looks like a real nice boat. I knew the speed and horse power numbers were wrong, but there's upgrades that can be added as you get more familiar with it that shouldn't take too much work or expense.
It is a heavy little bugger. You may be able to build a trailer for it so it won't be so expensive or complicated to take it out for the day.
I have a few ideas on mounting an outboard motor on mine for surface transport, and then bringing the outboard inside when I dive. Mostly just to save time and battery power during surface transports to the dive location. I bet you could set something up on yours like that. A little 20 horse outboard like a Merc or Honda is pretty easy to lift and stow, and will run a long time on 5 gallons of gas. Again, congratulations, and have lots of fun with your new boat. VERY cool!!!!!!! Frank D.
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