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Jim,<br>
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Yes, there's certainly a point in all brackets where it would
behoove the owner to bump up the nominal dive depth (operating
depth) to take advantage of lower ratios. I believe ABS uses a
static 1.25 ratio for all vessels regardless of operating depth.
GL would appear to be more conservative than ABS in this category.<br>
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Jon<br>
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On 12/6/2013 6:03 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jimtoddpsub@aol.com">jimtoddpsub@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Hi Alan,</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">If I understand the requirements correctly,
then for designed maximum operating depths of 320 feet and
the 340 feet respectively the test depths would be as
follows:</font></div>
<div><font size="3">320' x 1.4 = 448' test depth</font></div>
<div><font size="3">340' x 1.25 = 425' test depth</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">And the
designed collapse depths would be:</font></div>
<div><font size="3">320' x 2.4 = 768' collapse</font></div>
<div><font size="3">340' x 2.0 = 680' collapse</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">Therefore if my designed operating depth is
near the lower limit <font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif">of a bracket, increasing the stated operating
depth enough to push it into a deeper bracket would
actually <em>lessen</em> </font>the requirements for
test depth and collapse. Do I understand correctly?</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">Thanks,</font></div>
<div><font size="3">Jim</font></div>
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