Re: Visibility / Safety or Safety / Visibility ?

[Michael B Holt <michaelbholt@juno.com>]

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:00:54 PST "chuck morlan" writes:
>>2nd of 2:  "Submanaut".  Made of 4 in. thick PLYWOOD "donuts"
[snip]

>I've been reading mail from you all for a wile and I read the complete 
>archive and i took the submanaut idea and i started to make it. if it 
>worked once why discount it a a viable hull material??? I'm making a 
>6' diameter wood donuts with a 5' diameter inner circle with about 3/4
to 
>an inch of fiberglass in side and out that's alitle over two feet thick

A few questions:

Are your section circular?  If so, where did you get a 6x6 piece of wood?
If not, how are you connecting the pieces?

Of what wood is the boat being built?

Shortly after I talked with Mr and Mrs Helle, I laid out the first of my 
doughnuts on a sheet of 4x8 1/2-inch shop-grade plywood.  After
realizing how many sheets of 3/4 it would take, I went back to
other hobbies.

>and about 12 to 15 feet long, with a 3 foot tower i think it should work

>to the hundred feet depth i wish to go if the submanaut went 350,,what 
>i don't know about is the view ports and ballast tanks, I'd like to 
>purchase the view ports pre-made and if any one could tell me the best 
>way to make the ballast tanks I appreciate it.

I'd like hear about where viewports can be purchased for a 200-foot
depth.



Michael B. Holt
Oregon Hill, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
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