<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv1050012972"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv1050012972yui_3_16_0_6_1407233343909_4"><span id="yiv1050012972yui_3_16_0_6_1407233343909_8">Cliff,</span></div><div id="yiv1050012972yui_3_16_0_6_1407233343909_11" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span id="yiv1050012972yui_3_16_0_6_1407233343909_10">Thanks', I spoke with a diver friend about bailing out at 400 feet. He said it is very doable, but suggested taking a couple of breaths of another type of gas, I think it
may have been helium. </span></div><div class="ms__id535" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="yiv1050012972yahoo_quoted" id="yiv1050012972yui_3_16_0_6_1407233343909_6" style="display: block;"> <div class="yiv1050012972ms__id1598" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="yiv1050012972ms__id1599" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv1050012972yqt1766730708" id="yiv1050012972yqt28396"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:00:35 AM, Gregory Cotton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv1050012972y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1050012972"><div><div dir="ltr">Here is the escape trunk placard from the USS Albacore, the one on my boat (USS Torsk) was much the same. Note the bottom times on the bottom.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a href="http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/albacore/escape_trunk_procedure.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/albacore/escape_trunk_procedure.jpg</a><br clear="none">
</div><div class="yiv1050012972gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1050012972gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Clifford Redus via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote class="yiv1050012972gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div class="yiv1050012972yqt8928877925" id="yiv1050012972yqt39781"><div><div><span>See </span><span> <a href="http://www.subdb.info/database/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.subdb.info/database/</a> scroll down to R300. See section on emergency procedures in operating manual and second page of briefing card.</span></div>
<div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span>Calcs show it takes about a minute for hatch to spring open after I open the scuttle valve. During this time I will be using my BIBS(second stage scuba reg attached to Boat air supply). I have a Steinke hood in protocol but not sure I would use it. Had a long discussion with doctors and tech divers. As Phil notes , issue is onset of nitrogen narcosis rather than bends given the short time exposed to pressure. Would be an uncontrolled ascent.</span></div>
<div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span>My escape procedure calls for staying in place and waiting for rescue. Bailout only given events called out on safety briefing card.</span></div><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span><br clear="none">
</span></div><div><br clear="none"><span>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div><div class="yiv1050012972h5"><div><br clear="none">On Aug 5, 2014, at 8:53 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
<br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="yiv1050012972ms__id1602" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>Hello all,</div><div>We have not talked about escape procedures, that I know of. Special equipment to carry, different gas to breath prior to escape depending on depth. I personally would like to have a check list with escape procedures onboard. Is there such a thing out there?</div>
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