<div dir="ltr"><div>I am a bit reluctant to use it in case it gets tangled up. But I will get one with floating rope and put some floats on it near the sub, so its held out the way as best as possible. Im going to get a float like the long sausage one we used temporarily. A diver SMB. Boats tend to ignore ordinary bobbers as normally they are just crab pots, but with that type, it waves around and is obviously a diver. </div><div> </div><div>Comms failure was a real nuisance. It was only a wire on the battery terminal, but I didn't know that at sea.</div><div> </div><div>oh well.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 August 2016 at 11:29, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div>James,</div><div>I have a buoy (diver below) behind the sub all the time and it is no bother. Your dad will love it, he will know exactly where you are.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Hank</div><div><br><br></div></font></span><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 3:59 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> </span><div><div><div><span><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Hank,</div><div> </div><div>Not deep. About 10M max. The UW radio broke due to a faulty wire on the surface kit and the boatman (my Dad) was a bit reluctant to let me go out of sight. The diver tied on that temporary SMB, but he still wasn't happy with no comms. I didn't push it as he was getting grumpy. I will rig a proper reel and line next time for a bobber.</div></div></span><div><br clear="none"><div><span>On 16 August 2016 at 10:38, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></span><blockquote 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><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span><div><span>James,</span></div><div>How deep did you end up diving. The visibility looks pretty good. </div><div>Hank</div> <div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></span><span><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span> </span><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:57 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div><span></span><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Another very similar video to the others, except its blurred, shaky and the battery ran out when I got towed out to deeper water. :)</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWXEtbbwN0c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=eWXEtbbwN0c</a></div></div></div><br clear="none">______________________________ _________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Personal_Submersibles@psubs. org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/ listinfo.cgi/personal_ submersibles</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></span></div></div></div><span><br clear="none">______________________________ _________________<br clear="none">
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