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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

Kay grinding on the sub.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..


Underwater ROVBuild 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.

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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.