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<DIV>Congratulations James!</DIV>
<DIV>I have been watching your progress closely thanks to your well documented
pictures of construction as I am building a K-350 as well and have been
impressed on the quality of your build. It is easy to just slap something
together and get the same results but there is so much more pride in a project
when you go the extra mile to do a quality job which is usually much more of a
hassle. Your wood floor boards are a nice touch and one that I am going to use
after seeing them!</DIV>
<DIV>Can’t wait to hear from you once she goes under.</DIV>
<DIV>Best of luck</DIV>
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<DIV>Rick </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Alec.Smyth@covisint.com
href="mailto:Alec.Smyth@covisint.com">Smyth, Alec</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:33 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=personal_submersibles@psubs.org
href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">Personal Submersibles General
Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First Launch</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">That
actually happened to one of my naval architecture professors, when he was a
young engineer launching his first vessel. It was a commercial fishing ship, and
the yard put on a big launching ceremony with lots of VIPs present. She went
down the slipway and promptly turned turtle in front of the crowd. The reason
was that the fitting out was going to be done afloat over the next few months,
and at the time of the launch the engines and other engine room equipment (heavy
and low) had not been installed. Talk about an embarrassing situation, but
fortunately he overcame it in time, and in fact was probably the most prolific
naval architect in the country when I had him as a teacher in his
seventies. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><BR>Alec<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>James Frankland<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:02
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Personal Submersibles General Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[PSUBS-MAILIST] First Launch<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks guys.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Jim, yes could have been a grumpy commercial diver, but i
suspect more likely just some misserable old school fisherman who just didnt
like to see someone using an area of the harbour he isnt allowed in. We
have a lot of them here.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">I was deliberatly trying to avoid
spectators and media as I wasnt even sure the boat was going to float.
Would have been embarrasing to make a big fuss over it with the TV and
everything there just for it to leak, or tip over and sink!
<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On 22 October 2013 14:43, Smyth, Alec <<A
href="mailto:Alec.Smyth@covisint.com"
target=_blank>Alec.Smyth@covisint.com</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">That’s
a really different and clean looking 350, congrats! I suspect she will be far
more efficient on surface runs or tows, which is a huge plus. I’m looking
forward to dive reports, and am green with envy that you have a sub right on the
ocean, whereas in these parts we’re limited to muddy puddles, and often man-made
puddles at that. Congrats on a super job, and thanks for the detailed project
page.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Best,</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
Personal_Submersibles [mailto:<A
href="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org"
target=_blank>personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>James Frankland<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:07
AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org"
target=_blank>personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>; <A
href="mailto:member-forum@psubs.org"
target=_blank>member-forum@psubs.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> [PSUBS-MAILIST]
First Launch</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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All,<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">I got my boat in
the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up
here.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><A
href="http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm</A><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">I didnt get any
leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and
dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but
everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have
enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go
down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop
testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an
anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were
using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive
team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full
permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They
think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to
be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into
the boat to get me more weight.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">The boat did seem
to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to
level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was
settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding
high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list
to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim
that up.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Anyway, i was
really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers
tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they
look later. Might put some on the web if they are any
good.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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Regards<BR>James<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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