<div>Ive just pratted about all weekend making a ludicrous hatch locking mechanism and just reading this article on Great White, he used a much better idea.  Ratchet straps.  This would have been a lot easier!  see pic.</div>

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<div class="gmail_quote">On 8 February 2014 19:17, Joe Perkel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josephperkel@yahoo.com" target="_blank">josephperkel@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Thanks Jim, <br></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">On Saturday, February 8, 2014 2:07 PM, "<a href="mailto:JimToddPsub@aol.com" target="_blank">JimToddPsub@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:JimToddPsub@aol.com" target="_blank">JimToddPsub@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>If you got to <a href="http://www.underseavoyagerproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.underseavoyagerproject.org/</a> and scroll down to the Mission Video you'll see some shots of the interior, but there is no description of the materials used.</div>

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<div>Here's another video before its latest makeover:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-XGT8rPZs8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-XGT8rPZs8</a></div>
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<div>In a message dated 2/8/2014 10:26:39 A.M. Central Standard Time, <a href="mailto:josephperkel@yahoo.com" target="_blank">josephperkel@yahoo.com</a> writes:</div>
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<div>There is a photo somewhere of that subs interior. One can clearly see longitudinal slats mounted inside and over the ribs.</div>
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<div>I'd like to know what those are as they give the interior a smother neater appearance and an apparent mounting surface.</div>
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<div>Here's another article showing the external mods to Great White.  It doesn't look much like a K-250 anymore.  There's a photo gallery about 70% of the way down.  -Jim</div>
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