[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma Retoration

[Douglas Suhr]

That sounds like a pretty good way to do it Dave. We had GPS from a cell
phone, but without charts it isn't much better than a compass. I'll have to
do some exploring on the NOAA site, but that really sounds like the way to
go, especially with lat/long reading. ~ Douglas S.


On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 3:12 AM, David Colombo <seaquestor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Douglas, I downloaded the NOAA chart on my nexus tablet before we took a
> boat to Conch reef. We navigated the entire way out and back.. Worked like
> a champ. I plan to have it on my sub as std equipment. Especially liked the
> lat /long positioning as we traveled for making way points.
> David
>  On Nov 22, 2013 6:41 PM, <jimtoddpsub at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hank,
>> Just took a look at your Gamma project page; sweet!!  Wish I could drop
>> by for a firsthand look.
>> Jim
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca>
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> Sent: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 8:17 pm
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PDF navigation charts
>>
>>   Gamma restoration progress.
>> Under the advice of Chesterton seal experts, I have decided to upgrade my
>> shaft seal to a 155 Chesterton cartridge seal.  The 155 seal is rated for
>> 600psi and cost about 1,700 taxes in.  The original 891 seal is now out
>> dated.  This upgrade was a big effort, I have spent the entire week
>> machining parts for the conversion.  I took this opportunity to change the
>> motor mounting system.  The motor was directly coupled to the propeller
>> shaft.  Now the motor is coupled to a shaft that has the seal on it with
>> its own bearings.(took three tries to make it perfect)  That shaft is then
>> coupled to the propeller shaft.  This change allows me to change to any
>> motor without playing with the seal arrangement.  Converting to diesel
>> electric becomes very easy now if I decide to go that rout.
>> Last week I fabricated the first parts to make the arm jettison.  I have
>> completed the  hydraulic penetrator and the hydraulic sheer to cut the
>> hydraulic lines.
>> I am off work until April  so I can continue the restoration project
>> uninterrupted.  Well maybe a trip to Hawaii when it gets real cold.
>> Hank
>>
>>
>>   On Friday, November 22, 2013 6:28:58 PM, Douglas Suhr <
>> spiritofcalypso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>    That kind of service would have been great to have when we were out
>> in the Whaler trying to locate pickles reef! ~ Douglas S.
>>
>>
>>  On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Fordyce <
>> stephen.fordyce at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jon and all,
>> If you have a smartphone, you can use the Navionics app to download
>> charts to your phone and then see your GPS position on them, out of network
>> range (they are proprietary charts, very detailed).
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
>>   On 23/11/2013 3:27 AM, "Jon Wallace" <jonw at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Sorry....that's NOAA, not the coast guard.
>>
>>
>> On 11/22/2013 10:58 AM, Jon Wallace wrote:
>>
>>
>> US Coast Guard just came out with a great new feature for their USA water
>> navigation charts, freely downloadable in PDF format. This is much better
>> than their online viewer because the image scales better on a large
>> monitor.  See link below.
>>
>> http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pdfcharts/
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