<div dir="ltr">"A knot or less" and "Manatee" both suggest sluggishness to me, but I think this little boat will move. My wife is suggesting "Shackleton" since I really like the fellow and he was a relative. So that one's in the lead, but I'm still pondering it. If she were a one-person, I would name her "Batchelors Delight" after a pirate ship that I think had the best name of all time. Yesterday I did something I hadn't done in a long time, and actually looked at a list of baby names. This is fun.<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:48 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Alec,<br>
<br>
How about "The Equalizer" or "A knot or less".<br>
<br>
Keith T.<br>
<span class=""><br>
Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>Hi Alec,<br>
>Very nice sub with manly attributes. I would never have guessed that<br>
>when you mentioned a while ago that the stern would be surprising.<br>
><br>
>Love the Naughtylus name<br>
><br>
>regards,<br>
>Antoine<br>
><br>
>On 6/29/15, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles<br>
><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi Alec,<br>
>><br>
>> New sub looks great. With those ball floats at the back it reminded me of<br>
>> "The Liberator" from an old BBC science fiction program called "Blakes 7".<br>
>> I was a big fan when I was a kid.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg</a><br>
>><br>
</span>>> On 29 June 2015 at 04:40, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
<span class="">>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> That's great thanks Alec,<br>
>>> I'll save that description with the dwg.<br>
>>> Alan<br>
>>><br>
>>> ------------------------------<br>
>>> *From:* Private via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
</span>>>> *To:* Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
<span class="">>>> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2015 1:21 PM<br>
>>><br>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
>>><br>
>>> Correct!<br>
>>><br>
>>> The little O ring under the threaded contacts on the hull side has two<br>
>>> purposes. It prevents water coming into the sub if you drop the thruster,<br>
>>> but it also acts as a spring to maintain good electrical contact. When<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> thruster is off, the sub side contact sticks out very slightly above the<br>
>>> rest of the penetrator, so when you draw the motor toward the sub the<br>
>>> contact squeezes its O ring.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The contacts on the sub side go through a nylon insert sealed with O<br>
>>> rings<br>
>>> and locked by a shoulder in the SS insert. On the thruster side the<br>
>>> contacts and cables are potted, but because the thruster is oil filled<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> potting is not subject to any pressure.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The bolt has a shaft seal that prevents it being pushed into the sub if<br>
>>> you drop the thruster.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The thrusters are fixed, not rotating. The benefit of this design is that<br>
>>> there are neither cables nor tubes to sever - you just need to switch off<br>
>>> power to the thruster before dropping it, and the dropping itself is just<br>
>>> three or four turns of a bolt.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Best,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Alec<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
</span>>>> On Jun 28, 2015, at 7:55 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
<span class="">>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I think I understand it now.<br>
>>> The 2 bolts are the electrical through hulls & you wind the<br>
>>> central nut to push the unit off. The electrics would unplug in the<br>
>>> process.<br>
>>> Alan<br>
>>><br>
>>> ------------------------------<br>
</span>>>> *From:* hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>>> *To:* Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2015 10:02 AM<br>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
<span class="">>>><br>
>>> Alec,<br>
>>> Nice project, I like the trawl floats in the back, it is so different!<br>
>>> The first thing that comes to mind when I see your new build is, Manatee.<br>
>>> You sure have put in a lot of time on this. I like the jettisoning<br>
>>> system, it is the same idea as Gamma's tail, very simple and clean. The<br>
>>> bellows are very nice!<br>
>>> Nice video, you have good control of the sub.<br>
>>> Hank<br>
>>> --------------------------------------------<br>
</span>>>> On Sat, 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
<span class="">>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
</span><span class="">>>> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
</span><span class="">>>> Received: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 10:40 PM<br>
>>><br>
</span><span class="">>>> Hey everyone, I'm<br>
>>> breaking cover with the project sub. It is in need of a<br>
>>> name. If the pictures inspire any thoughts that are not<br>
>>> rude, I'm all ears for suggested names!<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Best,<br>
>>> Alec<br>
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