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Benjamin that is a big beast, I think I'll try and scale that back
just a touch
Dean
In a message dated 11/30/2009 5:01:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,
BenjaminArie@gmail.com writes:
For
anybody interested in building large pontoon tender boats, here's an
interesting link:
Now that's
what I call a pontoon boat!
-Benjamin Arie
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:37 PM, <Recon1st@aol.com> wrote:
Hi Hugh I am thinking on twin 24in dia by 20' pontoons. Four of
them should give plenty
of lift ability if I want to lift the sub out of the water with
it. The inner tubes would be about
5' apart, room for the sub. This would give me a 13 x 20 foot
print, then I would lift the sub
up to give me about 2,000lbs for stability.
Dean
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
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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