[PSUBS-MAILIST] Emergency Buoy

[Vance Bradley]

They are MUCH better friends now.
Vance

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On Oct 15, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Joe Perkel <josephperkel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Im still trying to wrap my head around two men sealed into a 36" ID steel drum on a sunny day in Florida!
>  
> Joe
> 
> From: Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com>
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:29 PM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Emergency Buoy
> 
> I don't think Alec will mind me mentioning this. 
> After Alec & Steve's epic dive, which preceded with them being towed for hours in Snoopy;
> It was discovered that the cord on the emergency release buoy was tangled & wouldn't have
> been  operational if they had wanted to deploy it.
> It was probably all the wave motion through towing, hitting the drum & causing it to spool
> & birds nest. 
> They dived without opening the hatch, so weren't aware of the problem.
> I am not sure of the release mechanism that Alec uses, but this is another thing that needs
> to be thought about in design & operation.
> Alan
> 
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