[PSUBS-MAILIST] Psubs Conference 2015

Fri Sep 5 12:17:12 EDT 2014

Totally agree, and happy to chip in.

Thanks,

Alec

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Doug, you realize that if you guys built this psub launch barge, we would
> have a perfect Psub dive location, with outstanding visibility and an
> absolutely pefect way to launch and retrieve psubs within a 50 mile
> range of your house with water depths from shallow to as deep as we would
> want.  Who could resist?  You realize we would want to come and play with
> our toys every year!
>
> Maybe we could take on the design of this barge as a group and split the
> cost to fabricate?  Just a thought.
>
> Cliff
>
>
>    *From:* Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> *To:* Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 4, 2014 11:30 PM
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>
> 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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