Bright and early Monday Morning, and I am back at work,
after a very warm weekend here in sunny Alberta... I was not expecting the
weather to be so warm, but being that it was, I tried to arrange to launch the
ol'sub.. after several false starts on friday, and then again on
saturday, it was finally a go for sunday......
I am happy to announce that "Snoopy" has completed its first
dive..it officially hit the water on October 15th, at 15:15 hrs, and went
under the water for the first time at 16:50. The dive only lasted 5 min,
but was completely successful.. This is now a functioning
Submarine, the only minor problem, was one that
George described in his book..(I just lived the experience as well).. I blew
all the ballast tanks, and I was still way out of the water.. after adding
some ballast in the form of large rocks, I was finally able to get under the
water... everything worked as planned..Pictures will be posted as soon as I
get them developed...
And Pat.. the video and stills will be comming your way for
the "Homebuilt Subs Video" as soon as I get them all organized...
dale..