<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Emile.</div><div> </div><div>Looks an interesting idea. Maybe I will give it a try.</div><div> </div><div>Thanks</div><div>James</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 September 2015 at 14:04, Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:navy;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">Yep, I know the problem. Due
to the bad hydrodynamics the sub pulls strong to left or right.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:navy;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">We have good result with
towing beside the support vessel( up to 5 Knots). Much better to control in
canals and marinas. But will not work when the waves getting higher.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">Van:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt"> Personal_Submersibles
[mailto:<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Namens </span></b>James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Verzonden:</span></b> maandag 28 september
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Onderwerp:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sat
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I did a day of diving on Sat. My brother towed me round to a nice
bay the other side of the harbour. The dives themselves were excellent if
fairly eventless. Got to a depth of 10m. My new motor controls
worked a charm. This is obviously how the K boats are supposed to be
driven. I had the ballast just right this time and I could drive up and
down on the rotating motors.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">However, the issue of the day was the tow. What a
nightmare. I had welded 2 rings onto the front of each battery pod and
rigged a long line between the two. Then had a main tow rope attached to
that. The idea was to pull it from the bottom and at both sides.
This was a complete failure as the main line slipped around to one side and my
brother had real difficulty pulling me sideways. We were going across the
mouth of the main harbour and because of the incorrect tow line, we were
going so slow that port control had to radio a couple of commercial boats to
wait for us. Of course I couldn't get out to adjust anything, nor could
the boat, so we just had to press on until we got there. It was extremely
unpleasant as I was being crashed about sideways while trying to breath through
the snorkel.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">The way back was a lot better as we rigged the tow line to the forward
rail, something I didn't want to do. Anyway, it towed a lot better and
did not damage the rail mount. I have some video of the way back as I was able
to film. On the way there I was too busy hanging on.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">We left earlier than intended in order to give us plenty of time to get
back, and because the tow back was better, got back too early. I had to
tie to a mooring buoy and wait. The wind got up and I had sit with the
hatch locked for an hour and a half waiting for the marina gate to open.
I was worried I wouldn't be able to open the hatch to release the line, but as
it turned out, I just did it real quick and it was all ok. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">I suppose with hindsight its pretty obvious that initial rope wasn't
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dives themselves were really good. Got some good video etc which
I will post when I have edited it up.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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