05-10-2004, 08:52 PM
Yeah I'll try and get you a better pic, I shrunk this one to fit it on the page.
One side for the fish, one side for the battery, and never to be mixed up (the fish side gets a bit stinky sometimes). Having a float sure beats lugging stuff on your back, and you can carry a lot more stuff 'just in case' like a torch, beer, smokes etc etc <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ink' />
It's really pretty simple to make a float like this, it's two 25 litre plastic jerry cans on their sides, with one side cut away, and with thick PVC pipe around the outside, sealed so it's airtight. The pipe acts to keep the jerry cans together and is sortof like a life jacket to keep the whole thing afloat.
I've only sunk it once, but that night there were big waves breaking over it, and it didn't sink until the cans were pretty much full, so it's seaworthy. That night I learned that if you put a 12v battery underwater bubbles come off the terminals <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Jaz
One side for the fish, one side for the battery, and never to be mixed up (the fish side gets a bit stinky sometimes). Having a float sure beats lugging stuff on your back, and you can carry a lot more stuff 'just in case' like a torch, beer, smokes etc etc <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ink' />
It's really pretty simple to make a float like this, it's two 25 litre plastic jerry cans on their sides, with one side cut away, and with thick PVC pipe around the outside, sealed so it's airtight. The pipe acts to keep the jerry cans together and is sortof like a life jacket to keep the whole thing afloat.
I've only sunk it once, but that night there were big waves breaking over it, and it didn't sink until the cans were pretty much full, so it's seaworthy. That night I learned that if you put a 12v battery underwater bubbles come off the terminals <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Jaz