Re: Psubers in So michigan

[Alan Long <subview@mediaone.net>]

Jon,

See if you can find a guy named Matt Huntsinger, I lost his number, He was fixing up an old sportsman 300 to dive it in the lake,
Michigan that is.

Jonathan Shawl wrote:

>  Stephen V. Buerkle wrote:
>
> >  I surfed the Net for two or three years
> > looking for info on p-subs before becoming aware of this group.  It's
> > amazing how relieving it is to find out that I'm not the ONLY one thinking
> > about P-subs.
>
> Me too. It took me about 2 years of web searching to find Psubs. I think I
> found a link to Psubs on Jon Hylands site when I was searching for ROV sites.
>
> >  Friends and family have suffered through my interest and
> > discussion of the subject for several years now and I'm just happy to find
> > a group of compatriots.
>
> Your not alone any more. I don't know if it will help with the friend & family
> suffering part. My wife said recently that she has lost me to the Psub group.
> There has even been talk of starting a support group for the wives of the
> Psubbers. :-) Right Mike?
>
> > I live just outside Philadelphia, PA and would love to meet with anyone else within reasonable driving distance to possibly
> > collaborate on a two-man sub. I imagine that there are other locations where P-subbers may live fairly close to each other
> > and could collaborate or simply share info and that this group could form EAA-like chapters to cultivate this process.
> > Obviously the meeting of minds in cyberspace accomplishes this to a degree, but there's no substitute for a helping hand
> > when you have a difficult portion of the sub to construct or someone else to simply share the cost and the operational duties.
> > Just a thought.....
> > Best regards - Steve Buerkle.
> >
> A good thought at that! I keep hoping to find others in Michigan. I know of
> only 1 other sub builder in MI. He is not on the net, and he is about 1.5 hours
> drive away. I did help him some on his sub. It was the most fun I ever had
> working for free.
> Jon Shawl.