[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles]

The ultimate pool toy! What impressed me was the lack of bumpers or anyone
pushing you off the sides of the pool. Must have been tricky without
rear-view mirrors, keeping the stern off the concrete walls.

Best,

Alec

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 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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