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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Well done James,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That looks really smart. As my mother’s family was from Guernsey I have taken special interest in your build.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One day I will get there. As I have a set of K350 plans I am intrigued by your changes and bits. Somehow it looks much sleeker. Good diving.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards, Hugh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Frankland<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 22 October 2013 10:07 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> personal_submersibles@psubs.org; member-forum@psubs.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] First Launch<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm">http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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 weight.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind Regards<br>James<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 8948 (20131022) __________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.eset.com">http://www.eset.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div> <BR><BR>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 8951 (20131022) __________<BR><BR>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.<BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.eset.com">http://www.eset.com</A><BR> </body></html>