[PSUBS-MAILIST] making progress

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Brian,
I know what you mean about fibreglass. Some jobs you wonder why
you ever started.
Not going to win any popularity contests here but I remember on one 
of your in water tests you lowered the sub into the water with some straps 
around her & didn't submerge fully because you thought it was getting unstable.
Would it be better to use the straps again in case the sub decided to turn
upside down during descent ( would not be the first sub to do this).
If it flipped in shallow water with the hatch buried in the mud you would need
assistance to get out.
Be great to see you finally get her under the water.
Cheers Alan

> On 1/10/2018, at 5:43 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Psubbers,
>                               Making progress on my gel coat shell.  Would not wish this work on anybody !   a lot of sanding ,  but I've finished the first phase and things are looking good !   If anybody needs a shell of this dimension I'll be able to crank them out like crazy ! 
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> I also realized that this fiberglass shell could actually have a purpose other than cosmetic !    Once I have it on I would be able to place additional floats inside of it in the unlikely event that I still don't have enough buoyancy up front !  But I don't think that will be the case.
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> I also have an idea of how I can test my sub without having to use the boatyard.  I think what I'll do is just sink her right at the launch ramp !   At least I can just say that I'm balancing things out or whatever.  My strategy will be to just dink around for a really long time at the launch ramp ( during the week)  until the harbor patrol gets bored or has go on a call ,  then I'll just pull the cork !  
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> Brian
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