Marc,
I'm piling on here with Jim. That is a fascinating bit of history you just mentioned. Would love to hear more if you have the time and details.
Philip
--- On Tue, 2/22/11, JimToddPsub@aol.com <JimToddPsub@aol.com> wrote:
From: JimToddPsub@aol.com <JimToddPsub@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Another semi-sub
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 10:33 PM
Marc,
Did your father write a memoir of his war years either published or unpublished?
Jim
In a message dated 2/22/2011 8:58:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, piolenc@archivale.com writes:
The descent of the druggie semisubs from speedboats is pretty clear -
hull shapes, at least in the early ones, were clearly speedboats with
their freeboard cut down. Later of course they recognized that hull
shapes optimized for planing were not ideal for boats intended to stay
submerged; length-beam ratios were increased to improve hull speed in
displacement mode and reduce wake, and so forth. And they were sprayed
or laid (not sure which) fiberglas, a technique developed for production
boats.
It's pretty clear that the Sleeping Beauty design is derived from
something that already had a low freeboard - a kayak, canoe or
half-decked dingy. Construction methods are derived from 1920s "one of"
amateur practice. Not surprising considering the number of
amateur
yachtsmen recruited into OSS - including my father, who was on the
French 10-meter team in the 1936 Olympics and joined OSS while it was
still the Office of the Coordinator of Information.
Marc
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On 2/23/2011 10:06 AM, Jon Wallace wrote:
> Makes me feel better knowing that the current drug subs probably came
> from ideas borne of the CIA rather than PSUBS. At least if anyone tries
> to blame us, we have a reference to counter with.
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