Depends... How patient are you? ;-)<br><br>Provided you have a long enough tow line that your discharge thrust isn't working against you, it will move, but you're not going anywhere fast with 9.9 hp. I have towed partially submerged sailboats with 90 hp in the past and still not moved faster than I could swim. Consider the 9.9 an emergency shepherding option.<br><br>Sean<br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>On Oct. 26, 2021, 17:25, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles < personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote"><br><html><head></head><body><div class="ydp9f9305cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Have to admit I'm a bit out-of-the-loop regarding boats and towing, but curiosity is getting the best of me, how capable is a lightweight inflatable of towing a 3-5k pound sub through the water?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jon</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 04:53:01 PM EDT, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057"><div>Just a quick reminder that while total available power of an outboard is an important consideration, for towing purposes one should also consider the suitability of the installed propellor. Out of the crate, most small outboards come equipped with a screw optimized for top speed (3 blade, highly cupped, highly raked, aggressive pitch), where, for example, a 5-bladed prop with lower pitch wouldn't have the same speed capability on plane but would be much better suited to towing. Could potentially be an easy change to make / procure.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sean<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-------- Original Message --------<br clear="none">On Oct. 26, 2021, 14:26, Tim Novak via Personal_Submersibles < personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057protonmail_quote"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><div class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057yqt8671720096" id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057yqt08831"><div><div class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057WordSection1"><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">This is unfortunate news, Doug. At least your 9.9 is available in the meantime.</span></p><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Best of luck.</span></p><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Tim</span></p><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 25, 2021 8:10 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New Asset - Zodiac Cadet 390 Tender</span></p><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal">Well friends, it would seem that perhaps I spoke too soon when I offered the services of the new Zodiac at next year's event in Michigan. The boat itself is actually inbound this week via truck freight. It had no delays at port because coming in from Europe, it entered the country on the Atlantic side and avoided the major snafu currently plaguing our Pacific coast ports. But I've run into a snag with the motor... Major ordering backlogs with almost all new outboards! I had my sights set on a Yamaha 25-hp short shaft, tiller-operated outboard due to the high-efficiency motor and great power:weight ratio but it looks like if I order one right now, it'll be a 6 to 9 month lead-time due to major supply chain disruptions. I'll be meeting with my local Yamaha dealer tomorrow to discuss options but at this point it looks like I have two viable routes: order now and wait -or- look for a decent used engine for sale. I do have a 9.9-hp outboard that I could use in the interim if I decide to order a new motor and wait it out, but for the purpose of towing subs I think a 25-hp is necessary. I'll keep you all apprised of progress with the new boat, but wow I am disappointed that so many different things I used to take for granted (that you could just go out and buy) are getting very difficult to find. Not good. ~ Doug S. </p></div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 8:52 PM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal">Definitely. I can put slides up on the website. I've got Steve's and Cliff's.</p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yahoo_quoted_5188017769"><div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Friday, October 22, 2021, 08:44:48 PM EDT, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yiv2324842590"><div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Thanks Jon, After reading posts from all the others over the years, I think it adds a lot to see them on the screen.</span></p><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Maybe next year?</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Rick</span></p></div></div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yiv2324842590yqt33782"><div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 1:55 PM Tim Novak via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:</span></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Most of the Zoom meetings that I have attended and there are more than 10 others on camera it causes a significant increase in bandwidth usage. This causes the speaker's video to lag and become jerky. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Agreed that it is a better meeting when everyone is on video, but muted in order to avoid distracting background noises.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">This was a terrific session, very close to being there together. But unfortunate that we could not all participate with lunch and dinner and off line discussions. Unfortunately, I missed the first hour. I was able to take screen photos of various slides for further study.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Looking forward the next one, in person or online!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Tim</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 22, 2021 3:59 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New Asset - Zodiac Cadet 390 Tender</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></p></div></div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Rick, totally up to each person if they want to be on video or not. A lot of our members are still working for a living so difficult for them to hook up on a weekday but unfortunately a weekday was all I could book for a meeting room.</span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">I did not record any of the material. Steve suggested it to me but my hands were full just trying to keep the audio going. That might be possible in future if we can find a zoom-master to run the online meeting.</span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Jon</span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yiv2324842590gmail-m_-5248720027826739552ydpa157904fyahoo_quoted_5064938434"><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Friday, October 22, 2021, 01:45:28 PM EDT, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yiv2324842590gmail-m_-5248720027826739552ydpa157904fyiv5405273546"><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Hi Jon, I tuned in towards the end of the event as I am 6 hours away but it was great to be able to use the zoom format for the first time due to those who would like to be there but couldnt' for some reason.</span></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Do you have a list of who was able to show up via Zoom? I didn't see some of the regulars like Hank, Sean, Vance as well as some of the others. I hope that we can start doing that every year. When I was on, there were about 6 others that were on as well but no one had their cameras turned on so I didn't either. Was there a reason as it would be nice to see everyone as well.</span></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Rick</span></p></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yiv2324842590gmail-m_-5248720027826739552ydpa157904fyiv5405273546yqt41960"><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div id="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057gmail-m_-3151556892504518754ydp37d28c25yqt96547"><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="ydp68d9de0byiv8482765057MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp68d9de0byqt8671720096" id="ydp68d9de0byqt98107">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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