November 9, 2006: New homemade submarine from Russia

[CaliforniaMama]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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

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]

Damifino.

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]

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]

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.