<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Thanks James, that's amazing.</div><div>I thought 4M tides in NZ were bad. You must get a lot of current.</div><div>Those port holes in the ballast tank would give you the reassurance that</div><div>you would see a boat hull if you were diving shallow or surfacing.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 23/07/2019, at 9:20 PM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><div><br></div><div>Hi all,</div><div>The launching method is more desperation really. The slipways (boat ramps) here are not steep enough. I’ve checked out every one. I need 1.8 meters to float off the trailer. There are a couple that would work for a trailer launch but they are in the main harbour and the dive sites are rubbish. The bobcat works well, it just takes a while. We have big tides here, 10 meters some days. </div><div>Cliff. The “viewport” mods to the main tanks were supposed to be so I could see through. But they are not big enough to be very useful. Would love to bring the boat to the convention, but the cost would be just too much....😤</div><div>Anyway, kind of video photo montage here.</div><div><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hE52rkFgRY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hE52rkFgRY</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Tuesday, 23 July 2019, Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Nice photos James! You can get us some footage next dive. ~ Doug S. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 5:00 PM David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>James, It looks great ! There is always next time for videos.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,<br>David Colombo<br><img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/533310a9e4b0fba62008a464/t/5339c1f2e4b041bac4e25d1b/1396294132055/?format=500w" width="200" height="110"><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/804+College+Ave+Santa+Rosa,+CA.+95404?entry=gmail&source=g">804 College Ave</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/804+College+Ave+Santa+Rosa,+CA.+95404?entry=gmail&source=g">Santa Rosa, CA. 95404</a><br>(707) 536-1424<br><a href="http://www.SeaQuestor.com" target="_blank">www.SeaQuestor.com</a><br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 6:17 AM James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All<div><br></div><div>Managed to get a better dive in yesterday. Put the sub onto the beach early morning and waited for the tide. Dived over high tide and then did the reverse to put it away. </div><div><br></div><div>I dived over a large area of man made Oyster beds, which made for a much more interesting dive than the normal sand etc.</div><div><br></div><div>I was filming away like mad, but when I downloaded the footage off the camera, I think I had forgotten to press the "record" button. So you'll just have to take my word for it that it was a bit more interesting than normal!</div><div><br></div><div>Few pics here and I will do a video later.</div><div><br></div><div><div><IMG-20190722-WA0025.jpg><br></div></div><div><div><IMG-20190721-WA0002.jpg><br></div></div><div><div><IMG-20190722-WA0019.jpg><br></div></div><div><div><IMG-20190722-WA0033.jpg><br></div></div><div><div><IMG-20190722-WA0018.jpg><br></div></div><div><div><IMG-20190722-WA0024.jpg><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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