<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Oops- meant to say "amount of draught" or "draft". Never dived in a drought before!</SPAN></div>
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<DIV><SPAN>The hull diameter on Proteus is a comfy 51" and it certainly has its <SPAN id=yiv1921081152misspell-0><SPAN>benefits</SPAN></SPAN>. I've had three people aboard the sub for more than an hour and it was very comfortable. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>But there are also downsides. First, It does not tow very well at all. Some days were spent towing it to get to the dive site for hours and it can use up the whole day towing instead of diving. The other problem is the amount of <SPAN id=yiv1921081152misspell-0><SPAN>drought<VAR id=yiv1921081152yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></SPAN>- on more than one occasion I trailered the sub to a new location just to find that the ramp wasn't deep enough to float the sub off and had to pack up and go home. Not a fun day!</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Greg</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>....and given a choice between <SPAN id=yiv1921081152misspell-0><SPAN>lengthening</SPAN></SPAN> or widening for increased interior volume, (<I>keeping in mind <SPAN id=yiv1921081152misspell-1><SPAN>tow-ability</SPAN></SPAN> and <SPAN id=yiv1921081152misspell-2><SPAN>trailer-ability</SPAN></SPAN></I>)</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>What is the general <SPAN id=yiv1921081152misspell-3><SPAN>consensus</SPAN></SPAN>?</SPAN></DIV>
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