Alec Smyth installed a very nice buoy system
on his k-250 “Snoopy”. There might be some photos of it on the web
site.
Greg Cottrell
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Distress buoy
The advantage is that the arrangement is
cheaper and less complex if the reel carries the line. But looking at Phil's
arrangement suggests that it doesn't have to be. The wire strop through your
reel axle seems pretty simple and cheap, too. Moreover, it's already proven.
The real-reel issue for me is where to
put something like this on Gamma or a Kittredge. Almost anything I do puts the
reel and buoys in the pilot's way. Frank can bury one in his fairings, but the
Nektons don't have any of those. I'll have to cobble something together for a
mock-up to see how best to do it.
Vance
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In a message dated 8/26/2010 6:28:40 P.M.
Eastern Daylight Time, jimtoddpsub@aol.com
writes:
What's the advantage of having the reel travel with the buoy instead of remaining with the sub and unreeling from there?
Hi JT.
I don't see any advantage in having the
reel attached to the buoy either. It will just add weight and entanglement
hazards to the buoy. Good idea on marking the line to show depth.
Alan: My little sketch didn't show the
release mechanism very well. My thought was to use a spring loaded pin that
keeps the latch on the buoy closed. The "entrapped" pin in the
thru-hull would push out the spring loaded pin in the release mechanism,
providing a positive lock on the buoy. The thru-hull just needs to be a small
one. I think a 3/8 inch nipple would be fine with a 1/4 inch rod trapped inside
with "O" rings to seal.
The valve would only be open for a few
seconds to activate the release.
Magnets might work but you still need a
release mechanism of some sort.
Lots of guys use a small hydraulic hand
pump to activate the drop weight latch. It would be fairly simple to add a
valve and line to the pump to activate the buoy release.
Frank D.