<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Rick,</div><div>at a Psub gathering in Islamorada we towed Alec's sub Snoopy about 4</div><div>miles off shore. We abandoned the dive first day because it looked too dodgy to</div><div>get in with the wave state.</div><div>As a fisherman I didn't think it was very rough, but looking at the freeboard </div><div>on the sub & waves splashing over it, it was very marginal as to whether we</div><div>got in or not. </div><div>I would definitely put one on.</div><div>Emile's acrylic conning tower works well, he could give you details. He had to</div><div>beef up the thickness of the acrylic as the first one broke.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div>Have a look at Emile's acrylic conning tower. </div><div><br>On 10/09/2020, at 5:30 AM, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hank<div>That looks like a splash guard surrounding your conning tower hatch? I thought you were only using the sub in lakes so didn't think that would be necessary?</div><div>I might have to employ one since all my diving will be in the ocean but won't know until I see how it goes.</div><div>Rick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:03 AM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>One step closer, I was off by 100 lbs. I stopped worrying about getting it right on first time. Just brings weights and floats.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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