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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>How goes Seaquestor, David? Last we heard you were making excellent progress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Seaquestor via Personal_Submersibles<br><b>Sent:</b> May-25-15 8:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new sub project<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hank, Sounds like you need one of Phil's jet pack Newt Suits, that can fly back to port while you take a nap.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#575757'>Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>Date: 05/24/2015 8:12 PM (GMT-08:00) <br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new sub project <br><br><br>Alec,<br>I am not thinking flyer at all. The water clarity would not support the speed. I am thinking of a simple tiny light sub that can launch anywhere even off the deck of my boat. It is just a though right now.<br><br>For now I am enjoying my what seems gigantic bow dome. The visibility is unbelievable, the modification cost and effort has been well worth it. As a bonus, my payload is back to 500 lbs plus. I had to fill the sub with steel plates to get it to sink. :-)<br>Hank --------------------------------------------<br>On Sun, 5/24/15, Private via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new sub project<br>To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>Received: Sunday, May 24, 2015, 10:38 PM<br><br>Indeed! Except mine went<br>vertical only for emergency exit rather than as standard<br>procedure. It was not going to have any freeboard to speak<br>of in vertical mode, so you would climb out in a hurry and<br>watch her sink from under you. The method of going vertical<br>was dropping the emergency weight, which was located at the<br>very front. More than the front actually, it stuck out and<br>constituted your crash bar. The sub was a "flyer",<br>a poor man's Deep Flight. I had her 90% complete when I<br>bought Snoopy, and the flyer project sat untouched for many<br>years while Snoopy took up all my time and served as a<br>classroom. The sub I'm finally finishing up now recycles<br>the flyer hull, but redone to be conventional. Well,<br>conventional in the sense of having ballast tanks and a<br>conning tower - she's actually a pretty bizarre beast as<br>the folks who come to the convention will see! My conclusion<br>was that a flyer must be great fun but requires both<br>unusually clear water and a vessel capable of laun!<br> ching the sub at the dive site. If I owned a<br>mega yacht and cruised the Galapagos, a flyer would be just<br>the thing. But what I'm aiming for now is radical<br>simplicity, whereas the old one was all touch screens,<br>servos, PLCs, and such.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Alec<br><br><br><br>> On May 24, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Jon Wallace<br>via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>wrote:<br>> <br>> <br>> Talk to Alec, he was building such a<br>design years ago before he acquired SNOOPY and ultimately<br>decided against it...but I don't recall why.<br>> <br>> <br>>> On 5/24/2015 6:31 PM, hank pronk via<br>Personal_Submersibles wrote:<br>>> Yes,<br>you float it to the dock side, then tip it vertical to get<br>in, close the hatch, tip it horizontal, and your away. <br>Saves building a CT that my 200lb sexy frame can fit into<br>:-)<br>>><br>Hank--------------------------------------------<br>> <br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br>> <a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>