[PSUBS-MAILIST] saftey gear

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Alec,
Thank you, this has been on my mind lately.  I have the same except for the inflatable vest.  I have plenty of room to get the Stinke Hood on but I find it very cumbersome.  
Hank
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On Tue, 6/30/15, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] saftey gear
 To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 Received: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 9:03 AM
 
 Hi
 Hank,
 Snoopy has a BIBS,
 which would be used during cabin flooding. Each crew member
 wears a compact inflatable jacket that uses a CO2 cartridge
 and has a Spare Air for a few breaths on the way up.
 Although the life jackets do not have over-pressure valves
 like a Steinke hood, the amount of gas in the cartridge is
 limited and therefore the life jackets should not explode.
 My understanding is these cartridges have about 800 psi in
 them, so they should be able to inflate at depth albeit much
 more slowly than on the surface. I do expect they will reach
 only a fraction of their normal volume at depth given the
 amount of gas in the cartridge, so they will provide only a
 very slow start toward the surface. But the difficulty with
 the Steinke hoods is getting them on in such a confined
 space. Maybe in the new sub I could store some spare trawl
 floats in the cabin (there's more space) for speeding a
 swimming ascent. 
 
 Best,
 
 Alec  
 
 On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at
 8:07 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 wrote:
 Alec,
 
 What type of bailout equipment do you carry.  I have a
 Steinke Hood but it is a squeeze to get through the hatch
 with it inflated.
 
 Hank
 
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