Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Convention update

Hi all,

Here's a quick update on the 2006 US PSUBS Convention, which is now less than 2 months off. We've had confirmation from eight sub owners who will be attending with their subs:

Gary Sluis
Leslie Katschor
Dan Brewer
Harold Maynard
Greg Cottrell
Mark Ragan
Alec Smyth
Dan Hryhorcoff (partial availability)

The speaker list is finalized as well:

Greg Cottrell: Greg Cottrell will speak about fabrication of acrylic viewports. Greg is an expert on plastics who has designed and built his own 3 person submarine. He fabricated the viewports on most of the submarines attending the convention. He often does projects for the Smithsonian Institution, including the acrylic covering for the Apollo 11 command module .

Mark Ragan: Mark Ragan will speak about Confederate submarines. Mark was the project historian on the Hunley project and has published several books on the topic as well as appeared in television documentaries. Mark operates a 2 person sub near Annapolis, with which he offers sub piloting lessons to the public.

Dave Coakley: Dave Coakley will speak about dynamic stability of subs. Dave is a PhD in mechanical engineering and works for the Navy at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, formerly David Taylor Model Basin. In this capacity he performs stability and performance simulations of towed bodies and self propelled bodies, among other duties.

I will shortly be sending out a message to about 200 email addresses of people who might be interested in the event, ranging from nearby dive clubs to the Smithsonian. So this is a good time to register if you want to secure a spot. Registration forms are online on www.psubs.org.

thanks,

Alec