<div dir="ltr"><div>Doug, they have huge gantry cranes. As well as a ramp that lowers itself into the water but I am not sure of the weight limits for it.<br><br></div><div>They can pick up/drop a psub into the basin without issue.<br><br></div><div>Steve<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Could someone who has already attended an ISR event (Alec or Steve perhaps) explain how the human-powered subs are launched? I imagine they are light enough to just pick up and manually set down in the pool, no?</span><br><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div></span><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Does the facility have a gantry or jib crane for launching a heavier submersible like Snoopy or a sportsub, or maybe a zero-entry for ramp launching? ~ Douglas S. </span></font></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Douglas Suhr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spiritofcalypso@gmail.com" target="_blank">spiritofcalypso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Cliff, Jon and I can both look into vessels available for rent down in the Keys, but I have a strong suspicion that we aren't going to find what we're looking for in a rental boat or barge because of the special requirments. If we were renting, as soon as a mod would be required the deal would be off, but I agree that it is still worth looking into. Meantime, I am considering how dad and I might construct a modular launch and recovery platform that we could trailer down to the Keys next year.<div><br></div><div>Luckily for you and your R-300, you really don't need the services of a barge with the travel range of your rakish boat. My sportsub on the other hand will benefit greatly from a barge. I'm going to try to attach a photo from IVC's site showing a support ship very similar to what I'm talking about. ~ Douglas S. </div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">When I made the ISR video, I think we discussed the possibility of bringing Snoopy along and doing some demo dives in the pool. Can't recall exactly with whom, but there was interest. Lets see! At any rate I'd have a really short trip, I'm only about twenty minutes from the facility.<div>
<br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Alec, Scott meant the ISR event : )<br><br>I sent an email out tonight to test the waters (pun intended). I thought some might find a tour of the test basin and some of the Navy's destructive testing facilities to be interesting (as well as observing the races). <br>
<br></div>I will see what response I get. It might be tricky since this is an active military base but piggy backing on the ISR event might make it doable.<br><br><br></div><div>Steve</div></div><div><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">"Manned power submarine races???" I take it those don't exist yet but the idea would be to organize such a thing? I'm not sure any of us would really take it with any seriousness, such as upping our thrusters and batteries or installing rocket boosters. However, there's a variant of this idea. <div>
<br></div><div>Perhaps we could contact ISR, the organizers of the human-powered races, and see if they would like us to co-locate our event with theirs. I'm not suggesting any actual PSUBS competition, but simply holding the two events in the same spot at the same time because of the mutual interest to participants. We could ask for an area to set up in for static display and maybe to let us do some demo dives in the pool, and in exchange offer their attendees tours of our boats and admission to presentations. The diving, if we can even get that bit past the lawyers, would certainly not be scenic given its in a dark swimming pool. Great for testing PSUB lights. However, the audience participation I think would be terrific and both groups would enjoy it equally. <div>
<br></div><div>Steve McQueen has been a volunteer at ISR for years. Steve, do you think such an idea might fly?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br>Alec </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:19 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt"><div>Hey guys,</div>
<div>Wanted to give everyone a update on the next psubs convention. At this years conference in Vancouver / Washington we had a discussion of where everyone wanted to go. The following is in order what we came up with</div>
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<div>First choice) Woods Hole, Massachusetts (See Alvin and Deep sea challenger)</div>
<div>Scond choice) Manned power submarine races (Our biggest potential for new members)</div>
<div>Third choice) Florida Keys (Dive on the USS Vandenburg)</div>
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<div>Dan Lance and Steve McQueen are helping to figure out if the first two choices would work. More info about next years conference will come out soon.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Scott Waters</div></span></div>
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