"Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:35:00 GMT, wrote:

I'd like to clean the bottom of my boat, while it's
in the water. Is there a fairly easy and economical
way of breathing while a few feet below the surface?
A snorkle won't work because I'll be going under
a houseboat, but am wondering if a hose could
be made to work, or maybe a larger piece of tubing
with a hose attached so it's small enough to be held
in your mouth. Or something...?

Cheap and dirty way; Borrow or possibly you own a non-oil lubricated air
pump (teflon). Set air pressure at about 10 lbs and tape or clamp hose to a
snorkel that has a blowout reed near the mouthpiece.

Caution! the blowout reed is important to insure you don't embolism your
lungs.
Caution! never use oil lubricated air pump to breathe from.

"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message ...
"Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:35:00 GMT, wrote:

I'd like to clean the bottom of my boat, while it's
in the water. Is there a fairly easy and economical
way of breathing while a few feet below the surface?
A snorkle won't work because I'll be going under
a houseboat, but am wondering if a hose could
be made to work, or maybe a larger piece of tubing
with a hose attached so it's small enough to be held
in your mouth. Or something...?

Cheap and dirty way; Borrow or possibly you own a non-oil lubricated air
pump (teflon). Set air pressure at about 10 lbs and tape or clamp hose to a
snorkel that has a blowout reed near the mouthpiece.

Caution! the blowout reed is important to insure you don't embolism your
lungs.
Caution! never use oil lubricated air pump to breathe from.

Get a diving ticket and use SCUBA !
Life is to short without endangering it by attempting to do things the
'cheap' way.
And with SCUBA you can use the positive bouyancy of your wetsuit to
stand upside down on the hull of the vessel and use a yard broom to
'sweep' it down....
Also: Attempting to breath air at atmosphere pressure underwater
through a pipe does not work
:-)

If you are the Steve Shelikoff who is at Penns Landing {in Philly}, drop me
a line.

If you can make it up river, the club I belong to has a seawall and pretty
good beach, at low tide. Because of the tide swing, possibly you could do
the job 'standing up'. 'Ducking under' with only a dive mask.

Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop

" "Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message


I'd like to clean the bottom of my boat, while it's
in the water. Is there a fairly easy and economical
way of breathing while a few feet below the surface?
A snorkle won't work because I'll be going under
a houseboat, but am wondering if a hose could
be made to work, or maybe a larger piece of tubing
with a hose attached so it's small enough to be held
in your mouth. Or something...?