Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub at Portland, OR boat show

[Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>]

Hi,

I went to the Portland boat show last night. I feel kind of lame, I let 
you guys down. I didn't even take pictures.

Any one else who goes please do a better job.

Details:

I took my son and we ooh'ed and ah'ed at all the neat boats. By the time
we got to the far corner of the Expo center were the sub was located I
was a bit tired and my son was complaining and limping on a sore ankle.
So the meeting didn't go well in my mind. One of those events I would of
done better if given a second chance.

Two gentlemen were with the sub. They introduced themselves and I introduced
myself. I mentioned I was the web maintainer to PSUBS and they said they
never heard of it. So I mentioned we were a group of individuals from sub
professionals, designers, college professors to farmers. Everything from
scratch built to Kittredge's designs.

At which one guy said, "Who is Kittredge?"

The other guy said, "Hey I met Kittredge in Maine back in '91. Kind
of an old guy. His sub was scary."

Taken a bit aback at that I really didn't recover too well and didn't think
well on my feet.

Stupid me, I wrote our URL to our web site on the only business card they
gave me and handed it back. Duh. And I can't remember any names. :(

What I can tell you is:

1. Yes, it is still painted in the killer whale motif.
2. It is actually the S101.
3. The business card and placard by the sub said they were US Submarines.
   I just located their URL on this sub:
   
   http://ussubs.com/Main_folder/itvpt4.html
   
4. One design feature they showed me was the bow planes. They fold up by
   manually reaching under the plane the pulling a catch and manually folding
   up the plane. Kind of nice. I can imagine it being a bit treacherous in
   choppy water, perched in the far end of a pitching deck, reaching into
   the water to fold bow planes.
   
5. The conning tower view port looked like a one foot section of clear 
   acrylic tubing. The walls of the acrylic looked like an inch thick.
   
6. There was a single three bladed propeller in back, about 12" in diameter.

7. Only a rudder in back, now stern planes.

8. I like the layout of the bottom view port being set back from the bow.

9. The URL Carsten gave us gives more information. Again:

   http://www.charliebird.net/marlinsubs/s101.htm
   
10. The over all shape is much like a WWII sub.

11. At their $750,000 price tag for a new one I won't be getting one any
    time soon. :)
	
Regards,
Ray




> From: "Ty Alley" <tydes@shreve.net>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub at Portland, OR boat show
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 22:05:21 -0600
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> I saw the sub when it was sitting on the deck of the 'Sea Shepherd up in the 
San Juan islands north of Seattle.  At that time it was decked out in a killer 
whale paint job.  Has anyone seen it lately?
> 
> Ty   
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>   From: Fremitz13@aol.com 
>   To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org 
>   Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub at Portland, OR boat show
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> 
>   Ray,
>   I am considering going on friday night, it looks neat.
> 
>   ---Matthew Grimes