Welcome to the
PSUBS Personal Submersibles
1st PSUBS Convention -  Completed

About:

 
Last update: 03 Feb 2003 
Scope: This page is a dedicated to the 1st PSUBS Convention. 
Where:  In the Portland, Oregon, USA metropolitan area

Index:


Itinerary

Summary:
 
Activity Date Time Where Description
Regatta Friday, 16 August 2002 1100-1700 Hagg Lake
Scoggins Valley Park, 
Washington County,
Oregon
USA
PSUBS meet on lake for BBQ/Picnic/Beach Party. 
Meet at Pavilion at Boat Ramp/Recration Area C
(just right of boat ramps when facing lake)
Meeting Saturday, 17 August 2002 0800-1730 Stucki Room
 Courtyard by Marriot
3050 NW Stucki Place
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
USA
(503) 690-1800
Meet in conference room for lectures
OMSI Sunday, 18 August 2002 0900-1200 USS Blueback
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97214-3354
http://www.omsi.edu/info/directions
Visit USS Blueback at OMSI. The 
USS Blueback is the United States 
Navy's last diesel electric submarine.

For an online manual on the subsystems of a typical military diesel-electric submarine see BasicEnlistedSub-1963
 



Regatta:
 
Schedule Activity Details
1100-1300 Picnic Location:

Torvend Pavilion
at Sain Creek Picnic Area
Hagg Lake
Scoggins Valley Park
Washington County
Oregon
USA

Check In

Boat rentals nearby. Swimming in lake.

1300-1400 Lunch Everyone have lunch.

Menu:
BBQ hot-dogs and hamburgers
watermelon
salads
sodas
cookies

1400-1700 Picnic Boat rentals nearby. Swimming in lake.


Meeting:
 
Schedule Activity Details
0800-0900 Check In &
Late Registration
Check in:

Get your T-shirts &
Lecture Materials

Late Registration:

Collect fees for late
comers, hand out 
T-shirts  (if any left) & Lecture Materials (if any left)

0900-0910 Welcome Introduction, last minute details
0910-1000 Event 1 Speaker/presentations/session
1000-1010 Break Break/takedown/setup
1010-1100 Event 2 Speaker/presentations/session
1100-1110 Break Break/takedown/setup
1110-1200 Event 3 Speaker/presentations/session
1200-1300 Lunch Menu:
Giant Submarine sandwich 
chips
salads
sodas
cookies
1300-1350 Event 4 Speaker/presentations/session
1350-1400 Break Break/takedown/setup
1400-1450 Event 5 Speaker/presentations/session
1450-1500 Break Break/takedown/setup
1500-1550 Event 6 Speaker/presentations/session
1550-1600 Awards Regatta and Special Awards

Events in works:
Status Who Representing Topic
Confirmed Dale Heinzig Self How he built his K-250 "Snoopy"
Confirmed Ray Keefer Self Comparative differences between ambient and 1atm designs 
with focus on SportSubs and K-350.
Pending.
Followup needed.
Brian Dennis VersaMil Discuss machine tools, usage,  availability, refurbishment
Unable to make it.
Jason is looking 
for an alternate
speaker.
Jason Yamamoto Self ASME Section 9 welding standards 
Invitation Sent.
Followup Sent.
No Response.
Donald Liu
Gary Latin
Stewart Wade
Frederick Eders
ABS America ABS Representative to discuss certification process 
Invitation Sent.
Followup Sent.
No Response.
Alan Gavin
Peter Koller
Lloyds Register of Shipping Lloyds Register of Shipping  Representative to discuss 
certification process
Invitation Sent.
Followup Sent.
No Response.
Tanaka Kiyotaka Nippon Kaiji Kyokai Nippon Kaiji Kyokai Representative to discuss 
certification process
Pending _ _ Breakout into brain storm sessions to design subs
Pending Doug Farrow Self How he buildt"Undaunted".
Pending Gary Boucher Self How he built "Vindicator".
Pending Gary Boucher Self Viewport design and construction.
Inventation extended.
Depends on schedule.
Pending
Phil Nuytten Nuytco Research Ltd. Oxygen air ballancing system for life support.


OMSI:

All eight OMSI Tickets SOLD OUT
 
Schedule Activity Detail
0830-0900 Meet at OMSI Meet at OMSI
Only a maximum of 8 persons on this tour
If a second tour is needed OMSI said it would have to be on Monday
PSUBS will pre-pay for full tour of 8 persons as good faith to OMSI
Please reimburse Ray Keefer $15 each person.
0900-1100 Take Tour Take Techno Tour of USS Blueback.


Attendees

 
Regi-
stration
#
Name Officially
Registered
(PRE/REG)
T-shirt # at
Merriot
# to 
Regatta
# to 
Mtg.
# to 
OMSI
Bringing Sub
(AMB/1ATM)
Name
Notes
1 Alec Smyth PRE 1-L       Staff 1 1 1 0 No Support diver,
Camera Man
2 Cliff Redus PRE 1-XL Attendee 
1-M     Attendee
2 2 2 2 No
3 Dave Walls PRE 2-XL    Staff 0 1 2 0 No Conference
Organizer
4 Dale Heinzig PRE 1-XL   Presenter
1-L     Attendee
0 2 2 2 No Presenter
5 Ray Keefer PRE 2-L    Staff
1-M   Staff
0 3 3 1 No Co-founder,
Conference
Organizer,
Presenter
6 Ian Roxborough PRE 1-XL   Attendee 0 1 1 0 No
7 Doug Farrow PRE 3-XL  Attendee 1 1 1 0 No
8 A. B. Shin PRE 0 0 1 1 1 No
9 Gary Boucher PRE 0 1 1 1 1 No
10 Gene Seus PRE 3 - L Attendee 0 1 3 1 No
Total 1-XXL Attendee
4-XL   Attendee
4-L      Attendee
1-M    Attendee
0-S     Attendee
0-XXL Staff
2-XL   Staff
3-L      Staff
1-M    Staff
0-S     Staff
0-XXL Presenter
1-XL   Presenter
0-L      Presenter
0-M    Presenter
0-S     Presenter
5 14 17 8 0



Staff
Name Role
Ray Keefer Admiral
Greg Snyder Regatta Captain
Dave Walls Conference organizer
Alec Smyth Support Diver, Camera Man


Photos

PicnicPicnic Photos
MeetingMeeting Photos
OMSIOMSI Photos


Lodging

$69USD per night
Contact: Alison Burmester
Courtyard by Marriot
3050 NW Stucki Place
Hillsboro, OR 97124
USA
Phone: 1-503-690-1800
Fax: 1-503-690-0236
Web site: Courtyard by Marriot


Sponsors

Greg Snyder - Contributed fees to picnic area at Hagg Lake.


Budget

Class Description Estimated Total Actual Total
Income Registration Fees $ 0.00 $785.00
Sponsors $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Total $ 0.00 $785.00
Expenses Awards $ 0.00 $ 42.00
OMSI Techno Tour Tickets (8 @ $15ea) $120.00 $120.00
T-Shirts $140.00 $160.00
Flyers (50 @ $0.79ea) $ 39.50 $ 39.50
Conference Room Rental $200.00 $200.00
Conference Room Equipment $100.00 $ 0.00
Food - Regatta BBQ $ 75.00 $ 76.87
Food - Conference Room Lunch $ 75.00 $ 52.00
Postage $ 0.00 $ 7.40
Supplies - Transparencies, Paper, Binders, Name Tags $ 0.00 $ 76.23
Total $ 0.00 $774.00
Balance $-749.50 $ 11.00


Lecture Binder


BinderLec ture Binder


T-shirt


T-shirtT-shirt


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