After The Battle of Brooklyn Text coming soon. Click to Watch The Launch of the Acorn Click to Watch Part 1 of After the Battle of Brooklyn Click to Watch Part 2 of After the Battle of Brooklyn Click to Watch Part 3 of After the Battle of Brooklyn PROCESS To view large images, just click one of the thumbnails below. Drawing out the blueprint. I had the ribs cut with a CNC Machine to save time. CNC's were big back in 1776. My friend Alex Perfido helped me get the sub started at his shop. Pneumatic nail guns were big in 1776 too! Eventually, the sub got too big for Alex's shop. My friend Matt Bohner let me finish it in his shop in Red Hook. Jonathan Schipper helped with the metalwork. Matt masterminded the launch of the sub. Everyone in the neighborhood showed up to help. "Peace" helped me attach the rudder. It took about 11 hours to get the sub in the water. Then we started loading the ballast. 2500 lbs. of lead... 5000 lbs of rocks... ...and then I pumped in water to get it to sink. I had to wait for the tides and the QM2's schedule to align. When the flood tide began, I prepared to cast off. Busted! But I got pretty close. Checking for bombs. News crews started to arrive. By now I was already locked up. The sub gets towed. Back to Key Lime Steve's - Pier 41... ...where we had launched it from. I wish I had this flat bed truck for the launch. Most of the officers really seemed to like the sub. So they held onto it for a couple of weeks. At the Randall's Island impound lot. INSTALLATION To view large images, just click one of the thumbnails below. ACORN SUB INSTALLATION AT PULSE MIAMI To view large images, just click one of the thumbnails below.