<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Jim,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the good advise. I did. I had the pleasure to spend an incredible and informative day with Alec and Scott last month in Summersville, WV. Alec took me for my first dive in Snoopy. I also met Katy, Dan and Steve McQueen.</div><div><br></div><div>My son and I are just finishing up our first two man sub. Once completed, I plan to build by own sub, a K-250. Katy and I can compete to see who finishes first:)<br><br><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div>Mark Widman<div>Director, GDSN & Data Quality</div><div>GS1 Global, USA</div><div><a href="mailto:mark.widman@gs1.org">mark.widman@gs1.org</a></div><div>910-638-5229</div><div><div><br></div><div>Sent from iPhone.</div></div></div><div><br>On Jun 8, 2014, at 10:42 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="3">Good morning, Mark,</font></div>
<div><font size="3">If you haven't already done so, I would recommend getting
inside a completed K-250 and a completed K-350 before your decide which one to
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<div><font size="3">Jim</font></div>
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<div>In a message dated 6/8/2014 9:22:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Interesting life story of George Kitteredge - the discovery channel
should do an episode.<br><br>I too will be building a K-250 from
scratch. Does anyone have an rough estimate of the number of K-x50's
that exist? Would most, if not all, be members of
<a href="http://psubs.org">psubs.org</a>?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Mark Widman<br>Director, GDSN & Data
Quality<br>GS1 Global, USA<br><a href="mailto:mark.widman@gs1.org">mark.widman@gs1.org</a><br>910-638-5229<br><br>Sent
from iPhone.<br><br>> On Jun 8, 2014, at 9:55 AM, Vance Bradley via
Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>>
<br>> George told me that the Japanese boat and his personal K were the
last factory built boats. #45 & 46. The 100 thing was just so they could
say one-oh-seven rather than number seven--it sounded grander. They thought
that maybe...MAYBE...as many as 50 home builds were actually started out of
the 400-odd sets of plans he eventually sold. As a side note, the Japanese sub
earned George well over $400k due to vast complications with the certifying
agency. And old George could well afford to mosey around the world at his
leisure both before and after Kittredge Industries ever existed.<br>>
Vance<br>> <br>> Sent from my iPhone<br>> <br>>> On Jun 8,
2014, at 8:15 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles
<<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>>> <br>>>
<br>>> Actually Scott, I'm going to take that back. I'm going to
have to check again my notes and I suspect Greg Cottrel may know off the top
of head, but "sold to others" is probably more like 56. He did have a
shop in Warren Maine but not sure how many people he employed. The K-600
info is accurate, I've got all the paperwork and notes from the
project.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>>> On 6/8/2014 8:21 AM,
swaters via Personal_Submersibles wrote:<br>>>> Wow! 100 subs? Dang.
How many employees did he have? There is no way he built those all himself.
Very cool history though.<br>>>> Thanks,<br>>>> Scott
Waters<br>>> <br>>>
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