Hello Mayhemers , I am an old Geezer who has done a lot of scratch and kit building for fifty years ( it all started with a lolly stick in a puddle ) and I am a member of the Dover MBA club that sail out of Kearsney Abbey Public Park in Dover . Our lake ( 40x80 metres) is fed by the spring waters from the Alkham valley that form the River Dour that coarses through Dover to the sea down at that famous Harbour .
Because our lakes spring water is crystal clear it is a Submariners camera candy paradise . I got to thinking (as you do ) if I built a submersible camera and tow it with my trawler I will be able to film the clubs subs in opperation .
So , sub camera was built and our clubs Secretary's ( Alan ) Vor spun doitch technique unterboat machine was selected as the performer .
The subcamera was tethered to the trawler "Kipper Katcher" and departed from the bank at a scale 18 knots and the German unterwaterfing chased after it . Got some great footage that was edited by another of our members ( Graham ) and made into a short film put on the tube !
If you are interested to see it put retsub 12 in your search engine and you will get Grahams tube site , and look for "Sub chase " and clik on it for an unusual angle on our hobby !
Hopefully all you Sub Mariners will rush to Dover to join our club or visit our reggata's ! Next one 14 August 2011 !
Graham also has some other short films of model boating and other projects , he's great ! Glad he's one of our members !
Thats it then , don't get your feet wet , put plenty of sun block on ,keep your head covered ,watch were your steering and happy boating !
