<div dir="ltr">Alan, thanks for mentioning this. I actually noticed it myself that evening after Snoopy was brought back to our place, but you guys were already gone so I didn't get a chance to mention it to anyone. Now I realize what had happened, but at first when I saw it, I didn't get how the spool could have become so tangled (without ever being released). <div>
<br></div><div>I'm so glad that both Alec and Steve had the opportunity to perform an open water dive out near Pickles. As Alec suggests, lots of little lessons were learned. And yes, one may suggest that they are now a tad closer together at heart :) ~ Douglas S. <br>
<div><br></div><div> </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Vance Bradley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Vbra676539@aol.com" target="_blank">Vbra676539@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><br>On Oct 15, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Joe Perkel <<a href="mailto:josephperkel@yahoo.com" target="_blank">josephperkel@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
<div><span>Im still trying to wrap my head around two men sealed into a 36" ID steel drum on a sunny day in <u>Florida!<var></var></u></span></div>
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</div><font face="Arial"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">From:</span></b> Alan <<a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:29 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Emergency Buoy<br></font></div>
<div><br>I don't think Alec will mind me mentioning this. <br>After Alec & Steve's epic dive, which preceded with them being towed for hours in Snoopy;<br>It was discovered that the cord on the emergency release buoy was tangled & wouldn't have<br>
been operational if they had wanted to deploy it.<br>It was probably all the wave motion through towing, hitting the drum & causing it to spool<br>& birds nest. <br>They dived without opening the hatch, so weren't aware of the problem.<br>
I am not sure of the release mechanism that Alec uses, but this is another thing that needs<br>to be thought about in design & operation.<br>Alan<br><br><br>Sent from my iPad<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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