<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top">James,<br/><br/>It was these guys who turned you in,... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CY4KJHWZdU/Rq8zbZmB_xI/AAAAAAAAAr4/Y1Jb0Rn5kUo/s320/g_c_one.jpg<br/><br/>Congratulations on a beautifully built boat!<br/><br/><br/>Joe<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad</td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First Launch <br>
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<div>Jim, yes could have been a grumpy commercial diver, but i suspect more likely just some misserable old school fisherman who just didnt like to see someone using an area of the harbour he isnt allowed in. We have a lot of them here.</div>
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<div>I was deliberatly trying to avoid spectators and media as I wasnt even sure the boat was going to float. Would have been embarrasing to make a big fuss over it with the TV and everything there just for it to leak, or tip over and sink! <br clear="none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt;">That’s a really different and clean looking 350, congrats! I suspect she will be far more efficient on surface runs or tows, which is a huge plus. I’m looking forward to dive reports, and am green with envy that you have a sub right on the ocean, whereas in these parts we’re limited to muddy puddles, and often man-made puddles at that. Congrats on a super job, and thanks for the detailed project page.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma', 'sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma', 'sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Frankland<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] First Launch<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here.<u></u><u></u></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more
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<p class="MsoNormal">The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim that up.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards<br clear="none">James<u></u><u></u></p></div>
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