<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3834"><span>James,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3836"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3835">they look quite cool. I think they are a good attribute even</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3838"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3837">if they aren't that functional. You know, like Women, they can</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3840"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3839">look good but not <span id="misspell-0" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3993">necessarily</span></span> be that functional.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3840"><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_1436216820556_3844"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3843"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3842"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3841"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3845"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James Frankland 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> Tuesday, July 7, 2015 8:53 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Dive fail.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3846"><br><div id="yiv9915803573"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3849"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3848"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3847">in fact, this is a classic example of why making a full scale mock up would be a good idea. If I had done that, I would have known they were rubbish.....but we learn...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3850"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3947">James</div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv9915803573yqt2571390175" id="yiv9915803573yqt03846"><div class="yiv9915803573gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3851"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9915803573gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3853">On 6 July 2015 at 21:50, James Frankland <span dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3852"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3854">jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9915803573gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3857"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3856"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3855">Hi Carsten, Pete.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3858"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3859">Yes, the 5 portholes were supposed to be so I could see out. I thought it was a good idea, but they are too small and too far away from the main dome to be of any real use. I can see a little and they do let light through, but as I said, they are "nearly useless". I am diving this weekend (I hope!) so I will take a picture and you can judge for yourself. I have sealed them now with sikaflex so I don't think they will leak.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3860"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3861">Regards</div><span class="yiv9915803573HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3862">James</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3863"> </div></div><div class="yiv9915803573HOEnZb" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3866"><div class="yiv9915803573h5" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3865"><div class="yiv9915803573gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3864"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9915803573gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3867">On 6 July 2015 at 21:44, Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9915803573gmail_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;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436216820556_3868">James, You use the phrase "The nearly useless windows that I put on the forward tank" is that because of your disappointment with the leak or because they don't provide the visibility you had hoped for.<br clear="none">
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On Mon, 7/6/15, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Dive fail.<br clear="none">
To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none">
</span> Date: Monday, July 6, 2015, 4:04 AM<br clear="none">
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Hi<br clear="none">
All, <br clear="none">
I had a failure of a day on Sat. I put the boat in, and<br clear="none">
it had a<br clear="none">
leak. Not into the pressure hull, so it wasn’t a<br clear="none">
complete failure, but<br clear="none">
the leak was from the forward main tank. The nearly<br clear="none">
useless windows that I put on the forward tank were leaking<br clear="none">
air. Not just a little bit which I could have put up with<br clear="none">
it, but loads. The boat was diving quicker than venting<br clear="none">
normally. <br clear="none">
I<br clear="none">
pulled it out and went around tightening them up. Put it<br clear="none">
back in and it didn't make any<br clear="none">
difference. It<br clear="none">
was strange as they have been perfectly ok before. I think<br clear="none">
the problem is that on Friday while I was prepping the boat<br clear="none">
for diving, I went around and tightened the bolts. It must<br clear="none">
have broken the seals. Anyway. I could have<br clear="none">
possibly winged it by running with a reduced main ballast,<br clear="none">
but as<br clear="none">
I was heading into the open sea, I thought I best be<br clear="none">
sensible and call it off.<br clear="none">
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So<br clear="none">
It was in for about 10 minutes. Pulled it out and was home<br clear="none">
by 8:30, very<br clear="none">
disappointed. Spent the afternoon sticking them in with<br clear="none">
Sikaflex and moaning. Hope these pics make it through. You can<br clear="none">
just see the air spilling from the widows in the second<br clear="none">
picture and the boat is going down nose<br clear="none">
</div></div><div><div> first. Kind RegardsJames <br clear="none">
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