I want one ...

AndrewH · 19 September 2007, 09:55

How about this for a cool toy

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mk-9-Submarine...QQcmdZViewItem

You too can look like a carrot on legs

Lets go boating · 19 September 2007, 10:28

we should all buy 1

walruz · 19 September 2007, 15:04

Personally I'd rather keep the RIB on the surface than turn it into a submarine

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Ian

Nasher · 19 September 2007, 16:02

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Originally Posted by walruz

Personally I'd rather keep the RIB on the surface than turn it into a submarine

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Ian

Where's Nos when you need him?

AndrewH · 19 September 2007, 16:22

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Originally Posted by Nasher

Where's Nos when you need him?

Now there's an idea Nasher ... having seen the photo of Matt in his blue drysuit, just think what he could do with one of these "tangerine dreams"

Spike · 21 September 2007, 20:52

Looks like a tango version of Mr Blobby

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keelhauled · 22 September 2007, 07:45

Ha ha did you read the spec. Submarine Escape and Immersion Equipment is a combined whole-body suit and one-man life raft that is designed to allow submariners to escape from a sunken submarine. The suit provides protection against hypothermia and is rapidly replacing the Steinke hood rescue device. The suit allows survivors to escape a disabled submarine at depths down to 600 feet (183 m), at a rate of eight or more men per hour.[1] How are you going to send the suit down to the other 7 men??? If you ascended from 183m you wouldnt need a life raft unless this suit vented you would be 19 times times bigger and you would leave the water like a polaris missile.

Nos4r2 · 22 September 2007, 18:43

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Originally Posted by Nasher

Where's Nos when you need him?

Trying to submarine my boat on the way to Lundy

Some bugger closed it on the first day there wasn't green water breaking over the bow every time I tried to get out of Appledore or Watermouth

ian parkes · 22 September 2007, 22:45

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Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Trying to submarine my boat on the way to Lundy

Some bugger closed it on the first day there wasn't green water breaking over the bow every time I tried to get out of Appledore or Watermouth

I hear everyone on Lundy went down with a bad stomach bug that weekend , so the suit may have also been usefull .
I take it you didn't get there then ?

Nos4r2 · 23 September 2007, 01:25

Nope. Coming out of Watermouth I nearly went over backwards and I couldn't get over the bar coming out of Appledore as I had waves trying to break over the bow.

It wasn't til Saturday that the weather would have been OK and the island was closed off by the bug then.

ian parkes · 23 September 2007, 01:46

It does get very lumpy round there doesn't it . I have memories of some very sea sick kayakers on more than one trip . And some good evenings in the Marisco Tavern .
Iam going to take a ride up to Hartland Quay next time Iam out biking and ask about the launching there ,its a lot closer . We usd to launch kayaks there ok and the slip I remember would be ok for a smallish rib and 4wd .