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Oh my, 21 feet is huge
for a K boat variant. Congrats, and can't wait to see those
pictures!
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From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of
Recon1st@aol.com
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 6:33 PM To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Recon 1 intro Gentlemen may I introduce "RECON 1"
She has come in at LOA of 21' and dry weight of 5,530 lbs beam of
4'.
I got her set in the water this morning, without propulsion. This
was hard, but no working
motor controller yet.
Anyway loading on to a low boy trailer and getting to the water
went real well.
Got her in and was very happy. She actually balanced as anticipated
and do not need to
change anything drastic. Freeboard had no surprises and nothing got
wet.
Was not without problems though. My aft MBT is leaking. I increased
the volume of the
stock K350 tank by hand laminating a foot on the bottom. A angle
iron that goes between the
two halves lost some adhesion hence my leak. An easy repair but
going to be difficult to get
at. O well was running out of work anyway.
The big surprise was bringing my support boat over from it's slip.
Ho'd a thunk starboard engine
conks out. This thing can not maneuver around in the harbor without
both engines to turn it.
So sorry Dave and others no com tests.
All in all I am a very happy submariner today. As you can see
drastic alterations to a K boat
so my calculations were a concern. Nothin like seeing her float up
right and level
I have pictures but am not able to load them to the frapper at this
time. Will post as soon as
I can.
Dean
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