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This is Alvin, attached to the A-frame that lowers it. You can see two swimmers on either side of the sub. Usually, this position means that Alvin is minutes away from being dropped. But it was not to be. The attempt to fix the Avon's steering delayed Alvin's launch just long enough for strong gusts to come up. Those gusts, and the higher swells they brought, forced the dive to be postponed.


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This is Alvin, attached to the A-frame that lowers it. You can see two swimmers on either side of the sub. Usually, this position means that Alvin is minutes away from being dropped. But it was not to be. The attempt to fix the Avon's steering delayed Alvin's launch just long enough for strong gusts to come up. Those gusts, and the higher swells they brought, forced the dive to be postponed.

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