[Member-Forum] First Launch

[James Frankland]

Hi emile,

Yes, I would try to come if i could.  NL is better for me.  Much easier to
get to than Germany.  I'd have to get a new car, but it should be ok.


James

On 22 October 2013 11:22, Emile van Essen <emile at airesearch.nl> wrote:

>  James ,****
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> Congrats with the launch!. I was just wondering how far you were****
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> Better to light than too heavy.. I hope next time nobody is complaining. I
> got only positive reactions so far.****
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> Emile****
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> Ps. Would you come to the mainland if  we organise a European convention
> again in the NL or germany?****
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> *Van:* Member-Forum [mailto:member-forum-bounces at psubs.org] *Namens *James
> Frankland
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 22 oktober 2013 11:07
> *Aan:* personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org
> *Onderwerp:* [Member-Forum] First Launch****
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> Hi All,****
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> I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time.  Put the
> pictures up here.****
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> http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm****
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> I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy.  I wasnt really
> expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and
> a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go.  Unfortunately
> i didnt have enough lead.  I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still
> wouldnt go down.  What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced
> to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had
> had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that
> we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper
> comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement.  So even
> though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a
> technicality.  They think it was some missery that has the hump on with
> harbour and just wanted to be awkward.  Shame because I was about to load
> a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight.****
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> The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air
> into the forward tank to level it out.  Thinking about it, i suspect that
> the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft
> tank that was riding high.  Just need to get some weight at the back.  I
> had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from.
> Again i will trim that up.****
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> Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day.  Im meeting
> my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will
> see how they look later.  Might put some on the web if they are any good.*
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> Kind Regards
> James****
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