Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

["Alan James" <alanjames@xtra.co.nz>]

Hi Antoine,

It's a huge sub with heaps of room inside.

This link shows it's vital statistics & inside view.

http://www.submarinesafaris.com/t/uk/sub-fun.htm

must have cost a fortune; they'd need to do a lot of dives

to justify the investment.

Alan

----- Original Message -----

From: Antoine Delafargue

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:23 PM

Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

I think it is its sister sub on the Lanzarote island, operated by the same company.

My 'dive certificate' showed those two subs have logged 20,000 dives together... (since 1997 I think).

that is quite a lot, sending some 800,000 people underwater

 

regards

Antoine

 

 

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Alan James <alanjames@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Sounds great fun Antoine.

Is this the sub

http://www.submarinesafaris.com/t/index.html

Alan

----- Original Message -----

From: Antoine Delafargue

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:13 PM

Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

Hello all,

 

I had a nice experience last week, I took a dive for the first time in a sub, a tourist sub on the coast of one of the Canary Isles.

For a guy that has thought about building a submarine for a few years without touching one,

it is quite exciting (though not to the point to pee in your pants ;-0 )

the sub itself was a big (100ton) 18m long cylinder, moved by 6 15kW orientable thrusters, quite slow, but with very good viewing (two seats for a large 22" window)

the dive lasted for about 45mn, went down to 45m depth. The feeling of a very slow motion free fall when the ballasts are purged felt weird (It did not feel like there was a HBT on the sub).

But the best was to see my 3yr old son's face glued to the window, as a big sting ray with a diver playing with it passed by our window...

 

cheers

Antoine