[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles]

Thanks.  It was fun being able to see!

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

>
> Nice!  Great job Cliff.
>
>
> On 4/6/2017 9:15 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
>
>> I look at my boat as a platform for tinkering. It is after all a hobby!
>> The problem I have is that to evaluate a modification, I have to take the
>> boat to the lake.  I find that transport, launching and retrieval of the
>> boat burns a lot of time so I end not having a lot time to experiment with
>> the mods as well as fun dives. Unlike Hank, I need help with launching and
>> retrieval so it's a pain it the butt to schedule a local lake dive.  When I
>> finally get the boat to one of our local magnificent  mud holes, I can't
>> see a thing, so I decided to build a swimming pool (allegedly for my grand
>> kids!) for dunk test.
>>
>> Below is a link to a  short YouTube video showing the launching, diving
>> and retrieval of my boat in the pool, just for fun.  This first attempt was
>> a bit nerve racking as I could just see me dropping the boat and damaging
>> the pool and the boat but in end, all came out ok.  A fabricated a boom
>> trailer from a set of mobile home axles and some scrap steel I got from the
>> local junk yard. The only issue I had was the cheap eBay made in China
>> winch struggled with the load even though it was rated at 12,000 lbs.
>>
>> Cliff
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIrQeMmIHs
>>
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