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Vance, I replied to your test a few minutes ago from my BlackBerry, but it
came to my PC as gibberish. The last email I received via personal_submersibles@psubs.org was
last Friday from Hugh Fulton (below).
Jim T.
Hi Carsten,
Finally some sense. The Swiss seem very pragmatic in their dealing with such matters. That seems a really good approach. There is no sense in such small boats being used for tourism as the costs and insurance would dictate a larger sub. I have done some financial modelling and you need 5-10 seats minimum with high occupancy and not seasonal. I would be keen to get both my subs through with Swiss Lloyds. I would like to get something official so I could present it to the New Zealand Maritime Authority to get approval and/or recognition of Swiss Lloyds. I had a look at the photos of the KSS site and I could see it there so I understand it. The only comment I have is that it is welded in and a bit difficult if you need to reface it but I saw it's size was quite large. I am going for 1/3 psi (0.02 bar) relief. With regard to the 2" flooding valve I have reduced mine to 1" because 2" is too fast pressure rise for the last 1/3 filling for people. The maximum rate of increase of pressure for a person was given to me as 30 meters/minute approx. I would be interested in your comments on this issue. If I can get S/Lloyds accepted here then no doubt we will have to fly you down for certification! Best regards, Hugh In a message dated 6/28/2011 6:11:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
vbra676539@aol.com writes:
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