<div dir="ltr"><div>The new thrusters work so much better than the control system I had on the boat when I was at your place in Islamorada. I am so looking forward to launching the boat at your place again and see the ocean!</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Douglas Suhr 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">Now that is something I would love to try! I've dreamed of a sub in<br>
pool since forever. Cliff, the R-300 is looking finer than ever with<br>
her new thrusters. ~ Doug<br>
<br>
On 4/6/17, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles<br>
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> Lift felt a bit precarious mostly due to the weakness of the winch. When I<br>
> was pulling the boom trailer away from the pool, I should have taken it<br>
> quite a fit slower. Lessons learned!<br>
><br>
> Cliff<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:16 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Cliff<br>
>><br>
>> Looks great. Dedicated sub test pool! and no grandchildren in sight.<br>
>> Did look a bit precarious on the lift. But all worked ok.<br>
>> regards<br>
>> James<br>
>><br>
>> On 6 April 2017 at 14:15, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I look at my boat as a platform for tinkering. It is after all a<br>
>>> hobby! The problem I have is that to evaluate a modification, I have to<br>
>>> take the boat to the lake. I find that transport, launching and<br>
>>> retrieval<br>
>>> of the boat burns a lot of time so I end not having a lot time to<br>
>>> experiment with the mods as well as fun dives. Unlike Hank, I need help<br>
>>> with launching and retrieval so it's a pain it the butt to schedule a<br>
>>> local<br>
>>> lake dive. When I finally get the boat to one of our local magnificent<br>
>>> mud holes, I can't see a thing, so I decided to build a swimming pool<br>
>>> (allegedly for my grand kids!) for dunk test.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Below is a link to a short YouTube video showing the launching, diving<br>
>>> and retrieval of my boat in the pool, just for fun. This first attempt<br>
>>> was<br>
>>> a bit nerve racking as I could just see me dropping the boat and<br>
>>> damaging<br>
>>> the pool and the boat but in end, all came out ok. A fabricated a boom<br>
>>> trailer from a set of mobile home axles and some scrap steel I got from<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> local junk yard. The only issue I had was the cheap eBay made in China<br>
>>> winch struggled with the load even though it was rated at 12,000 lbs.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Cliff<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIrQeMmIHs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=kSIrQeMmIHs</a><br>
>>><br>
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