[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles]

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