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CaliforniaMama

11-21-2006 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They must have had extensions on those pipes to be six feet under the surface. :confused:

Maybe they have extensions?

How do they measure the depth, anyway? From the mid-point of the vessel, from the bottom, from the top?

xoxoxoBruce

11-22-2006 03:39 PM

:confused: Damifino.

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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean's surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica's Pacific coast.

Four men traveled inside the 50-foot wood and fiberglass craft, breathing through the pipes. The craft sailed along at about 7 mph, just 6 feet beneath the surface, Security Minister Fernando Berrocal said Sunday.

wolf	11-23-2006 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

Sorry, too busy being addicted to the 'net to get into TV . . .

*sigh* some of us were born before the internet.

SPUCK

11-25-2006 04:40 AM

They could have said a hellofalotmore. You know how much power it takes to move something that size underwater? I would bet at least a 100hp possibly 300. How was this accomplished?

I also agree with the 6 foot comment. How would raise and lower those snorkels without myriad <bad> leaks...

A 2 inch hole about three feet below the surface lets in 136 gallons a minute. I bet that sucker would go permanently negative buoyant<sink> in about 5 seconds.

The mysteries abound.

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