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Brent,
In
California it might be better to drown than to get lynched for dumping
batteries. It's pretty nuts out here.
brian
Hello Brian,
I can't say that surprises me,
since I live way back in the sticks. We don't hear of new fashions, until they
have gone out of fashion, and are about to come back into fashion again.
;}
I think I would of rather paid a
fine or gone to jail for dumping batteries in a emergency, then drown.
The more stories I hear like this, the more I like boats that won't sink, even
if they are completely flooded, like Bionic Dolphins, Zodiacs, and the
like.
Regards,
Szybowski
From: ojaivalleybeefarm@dslextreme.com
To:
personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hobie Mirage
Drives for Peddle Subs
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:30:06 -0700
Hi
Brent,
These have actually been around for a while. I'm surprized they haven't
become more popular. I was just talking about these things with a kayak
fisherman friend of mine. He was off Carpenderia a couple of miles out
when his kayak sprung a leak. He had to dump his batteries and his motor
in order to stay afloat. He ended up bailing water and then paddling for
a while, then bailing again and repeating the process. He finally made it in,
luckily he had a pretting good wet suit on. He was fairly shook up about
the whole thing and this guy is very hard core. Apparently his motor
support started to fatigue the plastic on the rear of the kayak and a split
occured. He actually had a radio but was afraid the athorities would
hammer him on the dumped batteries. He could have alerted another boat
but he didn't think of that. I guess he didn't want a big coast guard
cutter coming to the rescue. But those peguin propulsion things are
quite amazing, the good thing about thme is it frees up your hands for
fishing.
Brian
For peddle sub propulsion options I've been looking at the
Hobie Mirage drives, that are taking off with kayakers. If you have a chance
take a look at the video clips they have on there site. I have a couple of
configuration options in mind to be able to use this drive in a 1 ATM. But a
buddy of mine thought at first they would need to be used in a wet or
ambient sub, and that made me see that they could even more easily be used
in those subs. I'm aware that the wet sub races have all sorts of odd
propulsion means, but since this one is in high production it might be a
more economical and efficient option currently.
Brent
"Idealism increases in direct
proportion to one's distance from the problem."
~ John Galsworthy
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