[PSUBS-MAILIST] Emergency Buoy

[Douglas Suhr]

Alan, thanks for mentioning this. I actually noticed it myself that evening
after Snoopy was brought back to our place, but you guys were already gone
so I didn't get a chance to mention it to anyone. Now I realize what had
happened, but at first when I saw it, I didn't get how the spool could have
become so tangled (without ever being released).

I'm so glad that both Alec and Steve had the opportunity to perform an open
water dive out near Pickles. As Alec suggests, lots of little lessons were
learned. And yes, one may suggest that they are now a tad closer together
at heart :) ~ Douglas S.




On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Vance Bradley <Vbra676539 at aol.com> wrote:

> They are MUCH better friends now.
> Vance
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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