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<div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Good evening, John,</span><br></span></div>
<div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Welcome to the group. Besides sharing a common interest, I think you'll find this is just a darn good bunch of people with a wide range of education and background. </span></span></div>
<div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I used to be very active in PSubs, but due to some family circumstances had to pull back quite a bit. I hope you enjoy the associations as much as I have.</span></span></div>
<div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Best wishes,</span></span></div>
<div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jim Todd</span></span></div>
<br>In a message dated 5/16/2023 11:11:40 PM Central Standard Time, personal_submersibles@psubs.org writes:
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<div dir="ltr">Saying hi and introducing myself as a new poster on the list here. I live in CA, have zero engineering background, but have gotten hooked looking at all of these projects. I don’t have the time or space to start a project in the next couple years, which gives me some time to figure out if I can develop the skills to make a go of this, as I’m not much of a project guy at the moment. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">In thinking about how to proceed, I wanted to gain an understanding of how folks go about their respective designs: I’d like to come up with something “of my own” but understand that to have some calculation/measurement skills that are foreign to me. Is it enough to do some focused reading in Busby to get the ball rolling? Criteria I think I’m interested in</div>
<div dir="ltr">1) Multi-person (realistically that means 2 I think…)</div>
<div dir="ltr">2) Less interested in depth as opposed to ability to (if possible) be maneuverable, some endurance. I’m most caught by the R300 as a concept, to frame the discussion.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Those are my thoughts, if there’s anyone near San Diego who has time to talk about their project I’d love to meet y’all, either way I look forward to talking with folks here.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">In closing, the first message that came through for me was regarding the death of Phil Nuytten: Sad to learn of it and my thoughts are with friends and family here and throughout- I know what it’s like to lose special group members, and it’s never easy.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks to all,</div>
<div dir="ltr">John Bussard</div>
<div dir="ltr">San Diego, CA</div>
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