Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] For the The Kittredge Award

Steve

Thanks for the nomination. It is appreciated!

As to Franks' query,

I made the first Psub convention in Portland Maine but have been unable to attend subsequent conversions. I am not sure at this point if I will be trailering my boat to Rockland Maine in 2008 as it would be a significant effort coming from San Antonio Texas.

As to dives with my boat "Romeo Three Zero Zero", unfortunately I have only been in the water one time this year for the first round of "Tea Bag" tests. My son moved back to Texas in January and we decide to build his home. After 7 months of work, the home is now complete and his family has moved in. What was left of this year was spent abroad teaching technical short courses. My goal this coming year is to get back on the boat testing program and qualify the boat to the point I can begin recreational dives. I will be sure to document dives and forward to Psub.org.

Merry Christmas to all and best wishes for a productive new year.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson

----- Original Message ----
From: Stephen Pearce <sjpearceqld@bigpond.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Friday, December 7, 2007 9:55:54 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] For the The Kittredge Award - Cliff Redus for the R300

Ray

I would respectfully like to nominate Cliff Redus and his R300 for the ‘The Kittredge Award’.

The R300 is a standout in my opinion as the applied technology and ability of this craft is unequalled by anything yet produced by any P-Sub’s member.

Utilization of Technology on this P-sub is incredible with joystick and touch screen controls via a PLC setup. It also has a unique inverted Y finned tail, water jet propulsion and a tear drop shaped hull and integrated safety systems. With mission times of 12 hours and agile aircraft like manoeuvrability, Cliff has truly created an “Underwater Spitfire”.

Regards,

Steve Pearce

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Ray Keefer
Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2007 4:43 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 2007 PSUBS Awards voting starts now

Hi All,

Time for the 2007 Awards!

You are allowed to vote for one person per Award Category. You may mention others but make it clear who your vote is for. Give me reasons why they should be the winner since your remarks may tip the balance if I cast the tie breaker .

You can either respond publicly to this mail or send your vote directly to ray@psubs.org.

I would like to have all votes in by Friday, 21 December 2007.
I will tally and announce the winners on Wednesday, 26 December 2007.
This schedule will give me time to order the awards before the end of the year to get the costs into the 2007 PSUBS LLC budget.

Actual awards to go out when I get them and post pictures.

Award Categories (http://www.psubs.org/awards/commemoration.html)
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The Kittredge Award
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   For designing and building excellence in creating
   a complete and functional personal submersible.

The Busby Award
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   For excellence in technical writing on personal
        submersibles designs, operations and applications.

The Beach Award
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   For non-technical writing that promotes personal
   submersibles to the general public.

The Link Award
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   For contributions to oceanographic research using
   personal submersibles.

The Archimedes Award
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   For innovative designing excellence of a specific
        piece of gear for use in personal submersibles
        that spreads knowledge through the group .

For those who haven't seen past awards, go to http://www.psubs.org/awards/.

Regards,
Ray

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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] For the The Kittredge Award - Cliff Redus for the R300