<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Im still trying to wrap my head around two men sealed into a 36" ID steel drum on a sunny day in <U style="RIGHT: auto">Florida!<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></U></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Alan <alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:29 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Emergency Buoy<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=y_msg_container><BR>I don't think Alec will mind me mentioning this. <BR>After Alec & Steve's epic dive, which preceded with them being towed for hours in Snoopy;<BR>It was discovered that the cord on the emergency release buoy was tangled & wouldn't have<BR>been operational if they had wanted to deploy it.<BR>It was probably all the wave motion through towing, hitting the drum & causing it to spool<BR>& birds nest. <BR>They dived without opening the hatch, so weren't aware of the problem.<BR>I am not sure of the release mechanism that Alec uses, but this is another thing that needs<BR>to be thought about in design & operation.<BR>Alan<BR><BR><BR>Sent from my iPad<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR><A
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