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<div><br>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. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 22 October 2013 11:22, Emile van Essen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emile@airesearch.nl" target="_blank">emile@airesearch.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:navy;FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-GB">Congrats with the launch!. I was just wondering how far you were<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:navy;FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-GB">Better to light than too heavy.. I hope next time nobody is complaining. I got only positive reactions so far.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:navy;FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-GB">Ps. Would you come to the mainland if we organise a European convention again in the NL or germany?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Van:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;FONT-SIZE:10pt"> Member-Forum [mailto:<a href="mailto:member-forum-bounces@psubs.org" target="_blank">member-forum-bounces@psubs.org</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Namens </span></b>James Frankland<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Verzonden:</span></b> dinsdag 22 oktober 2013 11:07<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Aan:</span></b> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>; <a href="mailto:member-forum@psubs.org" target="_blank">member-forum@psubs.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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