<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">It’s kind of funny but no one wants to go on the first trip but plenty on the second!<div>I want to make a number of dives on my own to check out all the systems and get her dialed in. </div><div>I am concerned that there is not enough room below my seat for someone to lay safely and comfortably though??</div><div>Planning to probably take her down to at least 100’ and test everything out before the 600’ test as if there are any tiny weepers, I’ll want to know about it before she gets too heavy to recover.</div><div>First splash for trimming will probably be in a week or so 😬</div><div><br></div><div>Rick </div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 21, 2025, at 8:52 AM, Rick Patton <satwelder@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks all! been a 20 year endeavor. <div>I live on the Big Island David.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Rick, What part of the country are you in?</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,<br>David Colombo<br><img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/533310a9e4b0fba62008a464/t/5339c1f2e4b041bac4e25d1b/1396294132055/?format=500w" height="110" width="200" data-unique-identifier=""><br>804 College Ave<br>Santa Rosa, CA. 95404<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><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM Tim Novak via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Congratulations, Rick.</div><div>Looking forward to hearing how the shake down cruise goes.</div><div>Tim</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Hi Rick,</div><div dir="ltr">Fantastic, and I can only imagine the cost to build the same sub today.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, April 18, 2025 at 04:15:06 PM MDT, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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