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Sailor Steve · 01-02-07, 11:59 AM

Real life normal dive: The boat is flooded slightly negative and takes a while to dive.

Real life crash dive: All tanks are fully flooded except the aft trim tank, which is drained forward to get the nose pointed down. Blowing out the tanks again will make the boat rise, so they have to be pumped back to neutral trim.

The whole point is to get the boat as deep as possible as quickly as possible. 70 meters is about right.

01-02-07, 11:59 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Real life normal dive: The boat is flooded slightly negative and takes a while to dive. Real life crash dive: All tanks are fully flooded except the aft trim tank, which is drained forward to get the nose pointed down. Blowing out the tanks again will make the boat rise, so they have to be pumped back to neutral trim. The whole point is to get the boat as deep as possible as quickly as possible. 70 meters is about right. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo