[PSUBS-MAILIST] Psubs Conference 2015

[Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles]

Cliff, Jon and I can both look into vessels available for rent down in the
Keys, but I have a strong suspicion that we aren't going to find what we're
looking for in a rental boat or barge because of the special requirments.
If we were renting, as soon as a mod would be required the deal would be
off, but I agree that it is still worth looking into. Meantime, I am
considering how dad and I might construct a modular launch and recovery
platform that we could trailer down to the Keys next year.

Luckily for you and your R-300, you really don't need the services of a
barge with the travel range of your rakish boat. My sportsub on the other
hand will benefit greatly from a barge. I'm going to try to attach a photo
from IVC's site showing a support ship very similar to what I'm talking
about. ~ Douglas S.


On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> When I made the ISR video, I think we discussed the possibility of
> bringing Snoopy along and doing some demo dives in the pool. Can't recall
> exactly with whom, but there was interest. Lets see! At any rate I'd have a
> really short trip, I'm only about twenty minutes from the facility.
>
> Best,
>
> Alec
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Alec, Scott meant the ISR event : )
>>
>> I sent an email out tonight to test the waters (pun intended).  I thought
>> some might find a tour of the test basin and some of the Navy's destructive
>> testing facilities to be interesting (as well as observing the races).
>>
>> I will see what response I get.  It might be tricky since this is an
>> active military base but piggy backing on the ISR event might make it
>> doable.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> "Manned power submarine races???" I take it those don't exist yet but
>>> the idea would be to organize such a thing?  I'm not sure any of us would
>>> really take it with any seriousness, such as upping our thrusters and
>>> batteries or installing rocket boosters. However, there's a variant of this
>>> idea.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we could contact ISR, the organizers of the human-powered races,
>>> and see if they would like us to co-locate our event with theirs. I'm not
>>> suggesting any actual PSUBS competition, but simply holding the two events
>>> in the same spot at the same time because of the mutual interest to
>>> participants. We could ask for an area to set up in for static display and
>>> maybe to let us do some demo dives in the pool, and in exchange offer their
>>> attendees tours of our boats and admission to presentations. The diving, if
>>> we can even get that bit past the lawyers, would certainly not be scenic
>>> given its in a dark swimming pool. Great for testing PSUB lights. However,
>>> the audience participation I think would be terrific and both groups would
>>> enjoy it equally.
>>>
>>> Steve McQueen has been a volunteer at ISR for years. Steve, do you think
>>> such an idea might fly?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alec
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:19 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <
>>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>> Wanted to give everyone a update on the next psubs convention. At this
>>>> years conference in Vancouver / Washington we had a discussion of where
>>>> everyone wanted to go. The following is in order what we came up with
>>>>
>>>> First choice) Woods Hole, Massachusetts (See Alvin and Deep sea
>>>> challenger)
>>>> Scond choice) Manned power submarine races (Our biggest potential for
>>>> new members)
>>>> Third choice) Florida Keys (Dive on the USS Vandenburg)
>>>>
>>>> Dan Lance and Steve McQueen are helping to figure out if the first two
>>>> choices would work. More info about next years conference will come out
>>>> soon.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Scott Waters
>>>>
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