<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2853"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_3112">Yes looks great Hank.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2860"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2859">Is it normal to use straps on a dome that is mounted vertically?</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2854"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2861">There would be about 200lb of lifting force generated by the dome, </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2854"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_3110">& this would be pushing in to the dome strap retainers at the top.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2854"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_3275">At depth the water pressure would hold it in place, but I am wondering</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2854"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_3303">if it could leak at the bottom edge in shallow water due to a hinging action.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2854"><span>If it does you will now know why:)</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2854"><span>Alan</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2857"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2856"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2855"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2949"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2916"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_3402"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_3401">From:</span></b> T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><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> Thursday, April 9, 2015 4:05 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma bow dome<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428553311805_2858"><br>Looks terrific, Hank!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">What a view you will have through that port.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Tim<br clear="none"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt7286600799" id="yqtfd53131"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org">personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</a>]<br clear="none">On Behalf Of Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none">Sent: April-08-15 7:09 PM<br clear="none">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma bow dome<br clear="none"><br clear="none">She's beautiful Hank. What's this ?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Pete<br clear="none">--------------------------------------------<br clear="none">On Fri, 4/3/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma bow dome<br clear="none"> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> Date: Friday, April 3, 2015, 8:12 PM<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Bob,<br clear="none"> I have not but I will, I need to clean up my shop first. :-( it is a big<br clear="none">mess.<br clear="none"> Hank--------------------------------------------<br clear="none"> On Fri, 4/3/15, Bob Travis via<br clear="none"> Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> wrote:<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Subject: Re:<br clear="none"> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma bow dome<br clear="none"> To:<br clear="none"> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> Received: Friday, April 3, 2015, 9:08 PM<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> That's excellent!<br clear="none"> Did you post pictures?<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Bob<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Sent<br clear="none"> from<br clear="none"> my iPhone<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> > On Apr 3, 2015, at<br clear="none"> 6:05<br clear="none"> PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> wrote:<br clear="none"> > <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> > My new bow<br clear="none"> dome is on and I can not<br clear="none"> believe how spectacular it is. I<br clear="none"> can sit<br clear="none"> upright in the front of the sub and operate it from<br clear="none"> the front. It is weird to look out because it is as if<br clear="none"> there is nothing there. It is<br clear="none"> hard to explain. I will<br clear="none"> build new<br clear="none"> ballast tanks in the next week or so and I am<br clear="none"> back in the water. 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