Well it didnt sink today!!! !!
I must admit I pressure tested it, and left it for ages just to make sure!
I put it in, adjusted the ballast again and off it went. The only snags I had were the prop shaft couplings coming loose. So I will dril a small indentation on the shaft for the grub screw to fit into, and the lid is bending pretty severley.
As you can see the lake isnt the best this time of year, the council have "forgot" to dredge it yet, so its pretty murkey.
I think I read on Manksters thread that his did similar. The trouble was its pretty warm today, and the lid was basically just a different shape about 30 mins into it.
I am thinking of how to strengthen the lid now. I am thinking of small lightweight box section along the length of the lid, or wodden dowels or something. Maybe like a brace of glass fibre down the length of the lid. In bands like I said before. The lid bends so much, that the forward planes dont come out! Its that bad.
The ballast needs tweaking, its still sitting to low in the water, but thats a job for another day. But you can see the neoprene seal, just needs trimming.
But on the whole, it was pretty successfull. No major complaints.
Paul