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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jon, </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Any date works for me.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 05:14:43 PM MDT, hank pronk <hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">Jon, </div><div dir="ltr">I am a hard maybe and I would bring a sub.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 03:01:07 PM MDT, David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0388489301"><div><div>Jon sounds like a fun wreck to dive. Here is an interesting story on her history. <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/the-mystery-of-the-keuka/">https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/the-mystery-of-the-keuka/</a><div>Alec Smyth, you should read this article.</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0388489301gmail_quote"><div class="yiv0388489301yqt6810700098" id="yiv0388489301yqt89685"><div class="yiv0388489301gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 9:16 AM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv0388489301gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr">Hello Psubbers,</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">An opportunity for a PSUBS expedition/convention in the May/June 2022 timeframe has been proposed by one of our members, Bernie Hellstrom. In an effort to begin planning for this we'd like to get some feedback from the group.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Location: Lake Charlevoix, Charlevoix Michigan</div><div dir="ltr">Primary Purpose: Submarine Diving Expedition</div><div dir="ltr">Primary Dive: Keuka Shipwreck</div><div dir="ltr">Infrastructure: Private marina with boat hoist, public boat launch, hotels, restaurants.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">The primary dive target Keuka is a 130 foot long, 30 foot beam, barge that sits in 45 feet of water but with topsides only 17 feet below the surface. It promises to be a good shallow water dive accessible to most PSUBS type submarines, even ambient models.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">The infrastructure in Charlevoix looks very good with a private marina having boat hoist capabilities as well as a public boat launch for those that can launch/recover directly off their trailers. Hotels, restaurants, and private house rentals are available. It also looks like SCUBA and surface boat support will be feasible. Duration will likely be 3-5 days with dive briefing/debriefing daily. It looks like a good opportunity to get numerous vessels in the water for diving, photo ops, and testing. We can even hold a public display like we have in the past.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">To help in planning this, please respond to the following:</div><div dir="ltr"> 1) Would you attend this event?</div><div dir="ltr"> 2) Would you bring your submarine?</div><div dir="ltr"> 3) Which dates would be best? Would memorial day weekend be acceptable?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">See references below:</div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ6Up5S-ISQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ6Up5S-ISQ</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOXVCNq-DjQ&t=359s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOXVCNq-DjQ&t=359s</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-15-023">http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-15-023</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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