<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491502743734_14604"><span>Cliff,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491502743734_14604"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491502743734_14667">You are the king,,,hands down,, </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491502743734_14604"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <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 Thursday, April 6, 2017 10:21 AM, Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">I too am excited to see that baby go! ~ Doug<br clear="none"><div class="yqt7720860553" id="yqtfd77906"><br clear="none">On 4/6/17, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> The new thrusters work so much better than the control system I had on the<br clear="none">> boat when I was at your place in Islamorada. I am so looking forward to<br clear="none">> launching the boat at your place again and see the ocean!<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Best Regards<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> Now that is something I would love to try! I've dreamed of a sub in<br clear="none">>> pool since forever. Cliff, the R-300 is looking finer than ever with<br clear="none">>> her new thrusters. ~ Doug<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> On 4/6/17, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none">>> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> > Lift felt a bit precarious mostly due to the weakness of the winch.<br clear="none">>> When I<br clear="none">>> > was pulling the boom trailer away from the pool, I should have taken it<br clear="none">>> > quite a fit slower. Lessons learned!<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > Cliff<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:16 AM, James Frankland via<br clear="none">>> Personal_Submersibles <<br clear="none">>> > <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> >> Hi Cliff<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> Looks great. Dedicated sub test pool! and no grandchildren in sight.<br clear="none">>> >> Did look a bit precarious on the lift. But all worked ok.<br clear="none">>> >> regards<br clear="none">>> >> James<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> On 6 April 2017 at 14:15, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <<br clear="none">>> >> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >>> I look at my boat as a platform for tinkering. It is after all a<br clear="none">>> >>> hobby! The problem I have is that to evaluate a modification, I have<br clear="none">>> >>> to<br clear="none">>> >>> take the boat to the lake. I find that transport, launching and<br clear="none">>> >>> retrieval<br clear="none">>> >>> of the boat burns a lot of time so I end not having a lot time to<br clear="none">>> >>> experiment with the mods as well as fun dives. Unlike Hank, I need<br clear="none">>> >>> help<br clear="none">>> >>> with launching and retrieval so it's a pain it the butt to schedule a<br clear="none">>> >>> local<br clear="none">>> >>> lake dive. When I finally get the boat to one of our local<br clear="none">>> >>> magnificent<br clear="none">>> >>> mud holes, I can't see a thing, so I decided to build a swimming<br clear="none">>> >>> pool<br clear="none">>> >>> (allegedly for my grand kids!) for dunk test.<br clear="none">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >>> Below is a link to a short YouTube video showing the launching,<br clear="none">>> >>> diving<br clear="none">>> >>> and retrieval of my boat in the pool, just for fun. This first<br clear="none">>> >>> attempt<br clear="none">>> >>> was<br clear="none">>> >>> a bit nerve racking as I could just see me dropping the boat and<br clear="none">>> >>> damaging<br clear="none">>> >>> the pool and the boat but in end, all came out ok. A fabricated a<br clear="none">>> >>> boom<br clear="none">>> >>> trailer from a set of mobile home axles and some scrap steel I got<br clear="none">>> >>> from<br clear="none">>> >>> the<br clear="none">>> >>> local junk yard. The only issue I had was the cheap eBay made in<br clear="none">>> >>> China<br clear="none">>> >>> winch struggled with the load even though it was rated at 12,000 lbs.<br clear="none">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >>> Cliff<br clear="none">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIrQeMmIHs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIrQeMmIHs</a><br clear="none">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >>> _______________________________________________<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">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >>><br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> _______________________________________________<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">>> >><br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<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">>><br clear="none">><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<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></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>