Keel crab

[All U Get]

I was just about to invent this. Now where do I get one.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1535941013115768

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[jssailem]

Too cool. Not sure it will replace my diver.

 

[dlochner]

Sign up to get one on IndieGoGo. For just under 2000 Euros one can be yours.
KEELCRAB SAIL ONE - Underwater Drone For Your Hull | Indiegogo

 

[All U Get]

Euro's, Euro's, that must be metric for dollars right.

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[Gene Neill]

Every time I have an invention idea, I find out it's already something already for sale. I'm NEVER gonna be able to quit my day job at this rate.

 

[vhoisington]

So lets see Diver cost $100/ 3 months, Keel Crab is 2000 Eu or about $2300( not sure of the exact exchange rate) = 23 *3 = 72 months or about 6 years, Think I'll stick with the diver, he needs the work and frankly not many things last more than 6 years anyway.

 

[Afrakes]

It doesn't change zincs either.

 

[Head Sail]

Last I heard you can't clean in the water with ablative paint...at least legally.

 

[rgranger]

Euro's, Euro's, that must be metric for dollars right.

All U Get

Funniest thing I've heard in weeks......

 

[JamesG161]

you can't clean in the water with ablative paint

Well it depends on the State Laws.
The Gulf States have 3 miles. Feds good to beyond.
Directly from our State marine patrol... State and Feds have a shared 3-5 mile agreement.

Outside 25 miles you can dump anything from human wastes or boat stuff. Not my cup of tea, but legal.
Jim...

PS: Before you jump on me... You can't barge wastes. This is pleasure craft, cargo ships, etc and only residue of oils.

 

[vhoisington]

So the divers that scrub bottoms all over SF Bay to clean the scum off of the ablative paint are creating a hazard?

You can't sand it but it is cleaned just like the robot all the time

 

[jssailem]

Hey... I just made a discovery...
If I take my boat out for a sail in a stiff breeze for a couple of hours, when I get back to the marina the slime and stuff is gone.
I think I'll do this more often.

 

[shemandr]

I had a keel crab. He was sitting on the wing of my keel and scared the s##t out of me when I dove down to clean the wing. From the surface it just looked like slime. When he stood up and faced me claws raised about two feet from my face I almost hit my head on the hull bottom.