This will be my first Psubs convention and all I have so far are my schematics. Those aren't even finished yet and have gone through a couple re-designs. I cant wait to get some input from you guys. As far as the diving at the site with SCUBA, who all is planning on bringing their gear to be safety divers or for fun? Ben -----Original Message----- From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of kocpnt tds.net Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 15:29 To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUBS 2010 Convention Update Hi All, I plan on being at this convention with my sub for the first time. I have learned a tremendous amount of valuable information at the previous four conventions I have attended and would highly reccommend attendance for anyone. I feel that this info has helped make my sub better and safer as well as keeping me off roads that are known dead ends to more experienced people. To date I have three dives in, the deepest to about twenty five feet. I'm getting the hang of bouyancy issues slowly. Not a real problem, just a learning curve. Best Regards, Jim K On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org> wrote: Alec, Everyone that you mentioned, with the exception of Gary Boucher (haven't heard from him in years), is on the mailing list and receiving these updates. I'm not sure what I can say to convince someone to attend the meeting, but send me your list and if a personal phone call is what it takes I will be happy to do it. Almost everyone was doing some kind of rebuild or retrofit on their subs the last time we checked attendance 3 months ago or so, and hoping to be done in time for July. From my perspective, whether your submersible is "functional" or not, is not important. There is plenty of interest within our group for subs under construction, being retrofitted, or now just a non-functional museum piece. Remember, the majority of PSUBS members and participants are not sub owners and many of us will be inspired by seeing your submarine up close regardless of its current condition. Consider this a personal invitation to anyone who has a submarine, whether it be in full working condition, under rebuild/repair, just a shell, or just paper plans, to attend this convention and share your vessel with us. I think you'll find that if you ask anyone who has attended one before they will say it was an excellent opportunity to talk to people face to face and interact with each other in a way that just isn't possible through our various electronic formats. We have a few people who have attended EVERY convention since they started in 2002. Those of you who have attended before, please feel free to write about your experience and why you would encourage others to attend this event in Florida. Jon Smyth, Alec wrote: I'm in, assuming I can get the sub finished in time. If we're lucky enough to get flat calm conditions I would love to try outside dives, but with this protected spot at least we're assured the chance to dunk the subs and give some rides. Now... I've got to finish the boat first of course. I'm working on it like crazy. Both inside and outside paint jobs are finished, and I'm in assembly mode, but some significant parts still need to be built. This should be exciting as I expect to finish the boat at the convention marina five minutes before the first dive, and the convention dives will be sea trials. Better pack lots of duct tape. May I suggest the next logical step? That's to try and enlist some of the folks who don't participate much on the email list but do have operational subs. Back in 2006 we had a convoy of Michigan subs who took a very long drive and doubled our attendance. They trundled in all in a line, saving the event. This drive is even longer, but there's the sea at the end of it instead of a lake. I'm talking about Kyle, Gary Boucher, Gary Sluis, Les, Dan Brewer, Dan H, maybe even Pierre. I'm sure I'm forgetting some of you. Jon, I have phone numbers or emails for most of those guys... d'you want them? :) Alec ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our database because either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messages from our organization. If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the link below or send a blank email message to: removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an automated process and should be complete within five minutes of our server receiving your request. 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