Bags me the sonar room.

"...Coast guard boat at 010 approaching fast, moving left..."

Do we all get drunk the night before the cruise and take a whizz on someone's car?



Uh...not like I've ever done that before...nope....never.... :shifty:

Jim, you hurt my feelings..:wah:

All, this is not such a far fetch idea. Many people group together and purchase schooners for week long sailing around the Caribbean. In fact, one fella I work with on the Torsk is doing just that with other investors. Millions of dollars to purchase and refurb.

Submarine? Sure, why not. Folks take tallship cruises and actually become part of the crew for a week. This is something new and different.

So who's gonna drink the U-Boat special cocktail? :DL

One thing to keep in mind, for most of the trip, the sub will be surfaced and behave just like a power sailboat or schooner. The dives would be carefully scripted events (no crash dives, sorry) in shallow water (less than 100 feet) where there are no rigs, traffic, or potential obstructions (as well as can be determined).

The main concerns for surface travel would be traffic, unlighted rigs, and draft. That is not much different from the thousands of power sailboats (coasters) who spend their time in the ICWW and Gulf here.

Far-fetched? Well, many thought a viable homebuilt submarine was far-fetched but Peter Madsen proved that wrong. That sub exists, works, and did not cost millions to build. It is not a military sub but it's very capable for transiting navigable waterways. There are issues over licensing, etc. But it is do-able.

Please fill out the survey. We need responses for the project :salute:

Neal

I don't think that "Standup Comic" was one of the things they were looking for...

:har::har:

I want to be the crazy engineman who goes berzerk when we get depth charged. Neal you have permission to shoot me when this happens:woot:

We can follow one of the USNs boats out, see if we can track a 688i :haha::har:

Come to think of it, the USN wants to practice tracking Diesel boats, we can be their bait...see how many Nimitz's we can sink :yeah:

So who would be in charge of 'the head' :hmmm:

Would it even have one? :o

Niki me old mate.....I think I've found an opening for ya :DL

I wouldnt mind being that crazy Bosun. "Incase you didnt know, its an alarm! This isnt a pleasure cruise!"

RADAR, ARPA, AIS, ECDIS, NAVTEX.

Another problem solved by the alphabet! :rotfl:

Oberon might have a point, there... The navy might be interested in chartering the sub for training exercises - That could pay the bills during Get Out of the Caribbeans Season.

You're also going to need an "Internet Café" type thing for DW and SH LAN games. :rock:

EDIT: I had an idea on simulating torpedo attacks:

In the mess room / some other out of the way place, set up an AIS or RADAR/ARPA repeater. AIS might be easier. (Just run an extra screen off the chart system. It's relatively simple to do.)

Once the contact is detected / somebody decides to attack, the "arbiter" or "Game Master" or whatever you want to call him fires up the SHIV mission editor (Or DW, or something else) and create a mission. He's got the target's true course, speed and relative position, so he can quickly set up a scenario matching the condition.

As the crew, the guests or whoever come up with a firing solution, he enters that into the sim, and essentially mimick the crew's actions.

If somebody ****ed up the solution, it's gonna miss in the sim. If they got it right, the sim's going to report a hit.

At that point, the arbiter flicks the switch that controls the gigantic sub woofers installed under the floor boards :-D

Obviously, it's not going to be very satisfying to whoever's looking through the scope, but there would probably be a way to hook a training system into the sonar and... Yeah. (Although if the ship's an accomplice, some corner store fireworks and one of those movie studio water cannon...)

I have way too much thinking time on my hands. That WOULD be sort of awesome, tho.

Like Lieutenant Thomas Dodge :D

"Well, what do you think of your new boat Dodge"
"Well its a complete piece of... antiquated equipment, sir"

Seems like the wrong place to do market research; doubt you will get many negative responses around here. Something fishy indeed. :hmmm:

Neal, if you need a hand, I'll move to the US in a heartbeat. Even if it's just for scraping stuff off the hull, wouldn't miss it for the world. :salute:

Btw: signed my real name. Was suposed to, right? :06:

Thanks, arclight. :salute:

Right now, I need a hand motivating people to do the 5 question survey! :wah: