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Submarine Boat
Argonaut Jr. 2010
What if Simon Lake was building the Argonaut Jr. in the year
2010?
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How does a middle
age couple come to build a sub and sailboat? First we started with
scuba diving, which led to an underwater ROV, which led to a 2
person ambient diesel-powered submarine, which led to a new house
and boatyard for the construction of a 70 foot steel sailboat. RSV
Seeker will be our next home as well as support diving, ROV,
construction, salvage, and research operations on the oceans of the
World.
On
SubmarineBoat.com we share the successes and failures of our various
projects. We use the site to keep us on track and we hope these
pages will help with your projects. Many of our ideas come from
other DIYers so if you have a better way of doing something, please
send your comments and suggestions. Write us, Doug and
Kay at:
SVSeeker@ymail.com
 Build Your Own Submarine
We
are in the process of building a combination Jet Boat and Submarine
named
Seeker, designed to do
treasure hunting work in the shallow costal waters. We plan to be in the
water testing this summer. This site contains every detail of the design
and building process. When
Seeker is completed she
will be available for school visits.
Read more...
 Build Your Own Underwater ROV
Ever
wonder what's laying on the bottom of your local lakes? Fishing poles,
rings, watches, sunken boats are some of the things found every day by Scuba
divers; but anyone and explorer the depths with an underwater ROV
(remotely operated vehicle). We built our low cost ROV in
just a few days and it took use to the bottom of the lake in perfect
safety. Read more...
 Build Your Own Sailboat
One thing leads to another. If your interest are in
exploration, discovery then what better than a boat to take you were
you want to go. "RV Seeker" is our next huge project that will allow
us to take our interest in diving, ROV's, and salvage put it to use
as a part time charter research vessel and full time home on the
water. Read more...
Metal
Working
The
machine age dawned when we learned to work metal. Cast metal, turn
it in a lathe, weld on it, and cut it apart with a computer
controlled plasma torch. There is nothing as diverse and
rewarding as working with metal. Read
more...
So help me God, you will not see a lot of poetry on this site, but I
like this one. --Doug To be of use by Marge Piercy
The people I love the best jump into work head first without
dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out
of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black
sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls.
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, who
pull like water buffalo, with massive patience, who strain in the
mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done,
again and again.
I want to be with people who submerge in the task, who go into the
fields to harvest and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who stand in the line and haul in their places, who are not parlor
generals and field deserters but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
The work of the world is common as mud. Botched, it smears the
hands, crumbles to dust. But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident. Greek amphoras for
wine or oil, Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used. The pitcher cries for water
to carry and a person for work that is real.
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