Hi
Dean,
I
am really interested in your concept. What size pontoons are you
planning on. I have done a couple of designs based on the one that had
lakediver on. I still don’t have the answer as the designs I looked at
would not be good for a reasonable sea state.
Hugh
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Isn't
16' kinda short for ocean voyages? About the smallest craft I have been on the
ocean
was
65' and that was pretty small a couple of times.
I am
just going to dock the sub. The pontoon will have a winch and side walking
platforms on
either
side. The sub will sit centered and just drive in from the rear. The front
will be hooked up
with
a tow bar type device to my surface boat, a 35' Chris Craft Roamer. All the
necessities of
life
like the wet bar and such are on board. This setup should allow me to spend
long periods
on
the water and cover large areas. I will just have to feed the twin 100 gal +
gas tanks.
In a
message dated 11/30/2009 1:43:59 P.M. Central Standard Time,
ShellyDalg@aol.com writes:
Hi
Dean. I haven't made any specific plans for the pontoon boat yet, but I have
been collecting random parts for it. I have some 14 inch diameter stainless
tubes ( exhaust ductwork ) that's 18 gage, and some 4X4X1/2 aluminum angle.
I was leaning toward two outboard motors, and a deck about 16 feet long.
I
did consider using the stainless tubes for MBT's on my sub early on but went
with a sleeker shape as it is now. A lot more work to fabricate the tanks I
have now but the sub will be much sleeker and hopefully
faster.
I
haven't calculated how much lift the tubes will provide at 16 feet long yet,
so I may need bigger diameter pontoons. I still plan on mounting a small (
20 horse ) outboard on my sub for surface transit, and use the pontoon
boat as a moving dock with BBQ, cooler, sun shade, and maybe some
equipment like generator and compressor.
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