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<DIV><FONT size=3>James,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Congratulations! <EM>Jodie B</EM> is a fine looking
boat. Being underweight on the first dive seems to be a tradition that
goes all the way back to Capt. Kittredge, so you're in fine company. The
complaint might have come from a "proper" commercial diver who was miffed that
his services weren't being employed. Thanks for all the photos and
documentation so the rest of us can participate vicariously. Our
appreciation also to your family and support team.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Best wishes for continuing positive experience,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Jim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 10/22/2013 7:55:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
swaters@waters-ks.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Congratulations! I had the same problem with the sub being way to light.
I had to add about 400 lbs.</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Scott Waters </DIV>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re:
[Member-Forum] First Launch<BR>From: James Frankland <<A
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href="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com">jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com</A>><BR>Date:
Tue, October 22, 2013 5:32 am<BR>To: hank pronk <<A
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<DIV>I had all permission to use the harbour from the authorities, no
problems. They were really helpful and several of them came down to
have a look. That area where i was is normally only for fuel tankers
so i was well out of the way of people. The complaint came from a
dopey member of the public who phoned in saying i didnt have "proper"
commercial divers. As this person didnt leave a name, we suspect it is
someone who is angry with the harbour authorities for something and just
wanted to be awkward with the harbour. As such, they were forced to
stop the dive. They did say that if i went and got a commercial diver,
i could carry on, but that would have been awkward at short notice.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 22 October 2013 13:21, hank pronk <SPAN
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done, that is a fine looking sub. That was a pretty classy sub test,
crane and all. I am surprised someone complained. Most people
are very interested to see a sub launch and it usually draws a
crowd.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> James Frankland <<A
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href="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com"
target=_blank>jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
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target=_blank>personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>; <A
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3:06:49 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[Member-Forum] First Launch<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
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<DIV>I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time.
Put the pictures up here.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kind Regards<BR>James</DIV>
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