??? about breathing under a boat
 

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...?

??? about breathing under a boat
 

Could be dangerous. Why not take a scuba course and buy a small
tank/regulator. That way you'll be more comfortable and have a new sport to
enjoy.

??? about breathing under a boat
 

You'll find that so much as a foot under water, you'll not be able to breath
through a hose...

You could do a hookah rig like a brownie, or one of the more expensive rigs,
but if you're going to do that, you might as well get diving gear and enjoy
the sport away from the boat.

L8R

Skip

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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...?

??? about breathing under a boat
 

Here ya go.... http://www.amronintl.com/diving/products.cfm?id=373

??? about breathing under a boat
 

http://www.bestmarineimports.com/Powerdive.html

This is one option, but you can pick up a tank, regulator and mask cheaper.
Most YMCA offer very inexpensive diving classes so you can get certified.


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...?

??? about breathing under a boat
 

You can get an oilless compressor NOTE OILLESS and 50-60 ft of air
breathing hose and a regular scuba regulator. You need about 100 psi
to run a low pressure - mouth regulator. A friend just did this with a
small 120 vac compressor - it is just a little too small and it gets
hard to breath down at the 6' bottom of his keel. The comp was about
$100, the mouth reg will be maybe $100+ - look for all this stuff on
eBay.

I have a 50' hose that I use on my regular scuba tank, hi pressure and
lo pressure regulators - the extension hose goes between the hi press
reg on the tank and the lo pres regulator in the mouth.

Biggest issue for any of these is getting the connections to work -
threads - sizes, etc. Make sure that they all fit together before you
buy anything.



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...?

??? about breathing under a boat
 

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...


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...?

At just a few inches under water the pressure would make breathing through a
long snorkel difficult. At a foot or more it would become impossible. Even
if you had the strength to inhale against the pressure you would be
re-breathing the air in the hose which wouldn't supply you with fresh air.

I strongly discourage any form of compressed air, either from a tank or
surface air compressor, unless you have been trained in basic SCUBA. When
you get right down to the basics, the top 15 feet is the most dangerous,
followed by depths of 100 feet or more. Without the proper training you can
kill yourself working close to the surface of the water.

Rod McInnis

??? about breathing under a boat
 

??? about breathing under a boat
 

Use a genuine, traditional, hookah.

After a few deep breaths, you won't care very much whether the bottom is dirty
or not.

??? about breathing under a boat
 

100 PSI isn't enough. The intermediate pressure in a typical SCUBA
system is set at 140-160 PSI.


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Chuck Tribolet

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"Ace-high" wrote in message ...
You can get an oilless compressor NOTE OILLESS and 50-60 ft of air
breathing hose and a regular scuba regulator. You need about 100 psi
to run a low pressure - mouth regulator. A friend just did this with a
small 120 vac compressor - it is just a little too small and it gets
hard to breath down at the 6' bottom of his keel. The comp was about
$100, the mouth reg will be maybe $100+ - look for all this stuff on
eBay.

I have a 50' hose that I use on my regular scuba tank, hi pressure and
lo pressure regulators - the extension hose goes between the hi press
reg on the tank and the lo pres regulator in the mouth.

Biggest issue for any of these is getting the connections to work -
threads - sizes, etc. Make sure that they all fit together before you
buy anything.



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...?