[PSUBS-MAILIST] big lesson

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Thanks' guys,
The repairs are no biggy, just a bent rudder.  Gamma needs a new aluminum rudder anyways, Gamma needs to loose some weight in the rear end :-)
Hank--------------------------------------------
On Mon, 6/1/15, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] big lesson
 To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
 Received: Monday, June 1, 2015, 5:45 PM
 
 
 Hank,
 Really sorry to hear about that.  I
 hope the repairs go 
 smoothly.
 Jim
  
 
 In a message dated 6/1/2015 4:07:39 P.M. Central
 Daylight Time, 
 personal_submersibles at psubs.org writes:
 Damn, 
   Good luck with the repairs
 
 Emile
 
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 Namens hank pronk via 
   Personal_Submersibles
 Verzonden: maandag 1
 juni 2015 3:11
 Aan: 
   personal_submersibles at psubs.org
 Onderwerp:
 [PSUBS-MAILIST] big 
   lesson
 
 I learned a big
 expensive lesson today, when I was backing my 
   cart and Gamma
 down the boat ramp, the
 ramp was super slimy and 
   slippery.  The cart lost
 traction and
 slid down the ramp and submerged 
   about 15 feet down after
 sliding past the
 end of the ramp.  Normally I 
   have a winch line on it but it
 was working
 so well with posi track, I got 
   over confident.
 Well my wife and I
 retrieved the cart, but the engine was 
   flooded and we had
 no hydraulics for
 steering or moving.
 I bypassed the 
   hydraulics and tried to pull the sub and cart onto the
 trailer with my 
   brother pulling with his truck to help.  Well in my haste
 I
 forgot the 
   safety strap that prevents the sub from sliding off the
 cart when
 going up 
   a steep grade. Well Gamma slid backwards off the cart onto
 the
 pavement 
   :-(  Wrecked my rudder and blocked the ramp, can't go
 ahead or 
   back
 :-(  Well I called a 22 ton crane
 in  and 1,000 dollars 
   later Gamma is
 sitting in my driveway.
 
 But while I was waiting for 
   my brother to drive out to the lake to help me,
 I went diving and it was 
   spectacular  :-)
 Gamma is so rock solid
 with the new ballast tank 
   system.  
   
 Hank
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