<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456693054869_2869"><span>Alan,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456693054869_2724"><span>I like the small holes idea, </span>because your right, It is there for wave surge. With the sail I should have 28 inches free board. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456693054869_2724">The sail goes around the vent valves, but I think it would be pretty slow, I like the small holes idea.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456693054869_2724">thanks</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456693054869_2724">Hank</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, February 28, 2016 1:32 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9817680941"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2933">If you can surround your ballast vent valves with the sail, then you can</span></div><div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2932">flood it by keeping your vent valves open. How long this will take???</span></div><div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2935"> Then you could buy several cheap self draining valves & put them in.</span></div><div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_4183">However it is really a wave splash guard so you don't get several gallons</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_4186">of water down your hatch in one shot.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_4463">You could just drill some holes at the base of the sail & any water from a wave</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5069">that enters will only be a thin layer that won't cover your deck to the height of your</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5189">hatch. If you made the holes an appropriate size, you could fit one way valves</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5676">in them if you found it necessary.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5677">Cheers Alan</span></div><div class="yiv9817680941qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2931"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9817680941yahoo_quoted" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2767" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2766" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2765" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv9817680941yqt0711053850" id="yiv9817680941yqt88371"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2764"> <font id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2763" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2936" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br clear="none"> <b id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2762"><span id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2761" style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 29, 2016 8:29 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] sail<br clear="none"> </div> <div class="yiv9817680941y_msg_container" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2927"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv9817680941"><div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2929"><div id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2928" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456687551889_2951">I just laid up the fibreglass for my sail and I am not sure what to do about water entry and exit?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456687551889_2951">Hank</div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5678" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv9817680941yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5679" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt0711053850" id="yqt91584">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>