Rick,
At great effort was expended in trying to locate a suitable diving site at one of the many crystal clear fresh water sink holes found throughout Florida. Unfortunately, while there are many sinks suitable for PSUB ops, none had launching facilities within a reasonable distance to the dive site.
As Joe stated, offshore visibility is weather dependent and the turning basin problematic. Due to hurricanes there are no real shallow wrecks found along Florida’s east coast and those on the west coast are generally a good ways off shore.
From your list:
Great vis – hopefully
Safe launching facilities – assured
No current – minimal if present (a small current can be a good thing to clear stirred up bottoms)
Hotel nearby – check
Easy transportation – check
Good food – FANTASTIC food near the hotel
No hurricanes – keep your fingers crossed, this year has been unusual.
R/Jay
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Rick & Marcia
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:56 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fla. Visibility [was: Continuing saga of homebrewed Chinese sub]
Joe - haven't seen you in a while. Still working on your sub concepts? Any models?
BTW, I assume you're coming to the Fla. meet next year. Any good, really clear places to operate PSUBS? I do know that the Fla. springs are supposed to be something else. Salt water would be preferable but I'm a vis freak. Jay seemed to have a good handle on things when he was discussing next year's meet.
Jay? Good vis? Wrecks would be fantastic, if you can arrange one :-) Let's see: great vis, safe launching facilities, no current, a safe wreck, a hotel nearby, easy transportation distance, great food, no hurricanes.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:43 PM
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Continuing saga of homebrewed Chinese sub
Hi Jay,
Just happened to pop in again on you guys. I must say that from what I've seen from "my chair here" of the Vancouver meet, that it looks like it was the PSUBS equivalent of landing on the moon! How are you guys going to top that one?!
The one redeeming quality of the Chinese fellow's anemic efforts, is that it is indicative of a much changed world. Give this guy an "A" for his audacious spirit, and wonder what he might do with our level of opportunity and material availability. Otherwise, if he were located here in the good ole USA, I'd think him a fool.
Joe
From: bottomgun@mindspring.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Continuing saga of homebrewed Chinese sub
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:24:25 -0400
Frank,
I tried capturing it but had no luck with the various different programs that I hold. Agree that it would be good to have a copy for future purposes.
R/Jay
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of ShellyDalg@aol.com
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:22 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Continuing saga of homebrewed Chinese sub
Hi Jay. We should save that video on the psub site for obvious reasons.