<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>That's great news Hank,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">better than hanging it off a rope.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">So I guess you will be planning a deep dive in the near future!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Alan<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 28/03/2017, at 3:29 PM, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Congratulations! That has to be a great feeling. Was that a wet test in his chamber? <div><br></div><div>Rick</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:54 PM, 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:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr">I am happy to report my pressure test to 2,815 feet went perfect. We kept the sub at depth for 1 hr with no issues. There was an interesting sound (bang) coming from the chamber at 1,000 feet but there is evidence of any issue. I think the hatch was just centering itself. I was amazed at how the vacuum grease becomes one with the seat so to speak at depth. It is as if, the port is </div><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr">moulded to the seat. I was lucky the port lined up with the window in the chamber, so I could see the port with a flashlight. </div><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr">I got the rock star treatment, everyone was so gracious. I also had an unexpected tour of the shop and the new ROV. Wow that machine is cutting edge and big!. </div><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr">I left Nuytco re-energized and my wife had a good grip on the cheque book LOL. I also left with some new ideas that will solve a couple of problems I have with Elementary</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr">Hank</div><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_2735366710998798760yui_3_16_0_1_1490665068537_2939" dir="ltr"><br></div></font></span></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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