Tag Archives: homemade submarine
Yellow Submarine
By Paul Kvinta – December 2006 – Scuba Diving Magazine We hit 800 feet and keep descending, which is about the time Karl Stanley turns off the lights, turns on the Pink Floyd and revolutionizes my impression of the underwater … Continue reading →
Do-it-yourself ahoogah
By Kimberly Lisagor – April 6, 2004 – LA Times Hundreds of feet beneath the Caribbean’s aquamarine surface, self-appointed submarine captain Karl Stanley counts the particles in a beam of light. If he looks up, he’ll see the dark silhouettes … Continue reading →
Run Silent, Run Cheap
By David Armstrong – March 31 2003 – Forbes.com Karl Stanley, 28, was in the third grade when he told his family he was going to build his own submarine. He spent years reading voraciously about subs and called professional … Continue reading →
Confessions of a Backyard Submarine Builder
By Mary Anne Potts – November 2002 – National Geographic Adventure At 15, Karl Stanley began building a sub from a length of steel pipe. Here’s the crazy part: It worked. Today, at 28, he’s building his second sub and … Continue reading →
The Pipe Dreamer
By Paul Bennett – November 2002 – National Geographic Adventure At age 15, it had never occurred to Karl Stanley that he wouldn’t be able to do whatever he set his mind to. So why should welding together his own … Continue reading →