Results of 30AUG & 31AUG14 battle at Potters Rd, Saranac, MI. A twenty minute downpour blew threw on Sat. No impact on our battling. Much time surveying the pond and discussing if the pond is viable as a Nats site. Result is yes, if we can get a diver to recover ships. Kas and I are toy'g with the idea of attending the 21SEP battle at Port Polar Bear. Anybody want to tag along? Mark---VDT Kas — Invincible Skylar--- Graf Spee Will Cover -- Pennsylvania Tom Palmer – West Virginia Sat AM battle Pennsylvania equipped with video camera. VDT attacks trying to stay in camera view. West Virginia’s haymaker firing exceptionally crisp today. Graf Spee zagged when it should have zigged. Received a nice crisp batch of BB’s. Mark 6+1+6 = 385 Kas 11+2+22 = 1260 Skylar 34+4+10 = 940 2585 Vs Tom 81+16+42 = 3310 Will 75+11+29 = 2475 5785 Sat PM battle West Virginia went dead in the water. VDT wounded but made it. Pennsylvania ran out of battery power at the end of the 2nd sortie, and survived. Graf Spee was last off the water with ammo. Mark 14+3+37 = 2065 Kas 10+1+2 = 225 Skylar 12+2+8 = 570 2860 Vs Tom 88+13+24 = 2905 Will 26+2+10 = 810 3715 Sun AM battle The first 20LBS CO2 bottle ran out after the first sortie. A little odd it only lasted five sorties for five ships. VDT rudder servo died early in the 2nd sortie. Replaced, but too late to rejoin the sortie. Pennsylvania’s pump died. Replacement pump smoked. Third pump worked. Mark 9+2+21 = 1190 Kas 19+4+10 = 790 1980 Vs Tom 55+17+26 = 2275 Will 7+1+2 = 195 2470 Sun PM battle 1stsortie. VDT expends most of it’s ammo at Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania cannons stop firing. Suspect lack of CO2. More CO2 is no help. Pennsylvania survives the sortie, but calls it a day. Invincible and West Virginia twist and turn the entire sortie. 2nd sortie Mark says, OK Kas you soften up the West Virginia. Kas declines. VDT does the softening. Pumping hard VDT calls five. VDT pulls close to shore in case of sink. West Virginia unloads a few salvos. VDT survives. Mark 38+6+31 = 2080 Kas 11+7+15 = 1035 3115 Vs Tom 69+14+32 = 2640 Will 23+6+17 = 1230 3870 Mark