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Thanks Bob, it really was a lot of fun to put together. I think everyone got a better feel for what happens to the artifacts once recovered and they aren't sitting in the basement...... It will be hard to top those speakers...... At 10:34 AM 2/4/03 -0500, Boling, Robert \"Bob\" wrote: >JT: > Again, I would like to thank you and all who had a hand in > putting this together. It was really appreciated. > >Cheers, >Bob Boling >Alexandria > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Capt JT [mailto:captjt@mi*.co*] > > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:33 PM > > To: vbtech@ci*.co* > > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com; FLTechDiver@mikey.net > > Subject: VBtech Meeting and Artifact Show Highlights > > > > > > For those who were unable to attend and are interested in how > > the event > > turned out please read on.......... > > > > The morning was much cooler than expected and though we had > > heaters for the > > tent(18'x40'), it was inadequate for the temperature. Half of > > the space was > > for artifacts and the other half was used for the speakers. > > Both ends were > > full and resulted in standing room only when the speakers gave their > > presentations........they were so good and informative not a > > soul left or > > complained about the chilly conditions, more kept showing up > > through the day. > > > > The first speakers presentation was about techdiving and > > VBtech, Dave Widen > > kept his presentation short due to the guidelines I had set. > > While I think > > Dave could have spoke longer, I blame myself for limiting his > > time and thus > > many could have prospered from advice he was willing to give, > > but lacked > > time to do so because of scheduling. > > > > Jackie Smith followed after a break and gave a wonderful > > presentation of > > CCR........ Jackie made 16 sub 300ft dives last year, some to > > 400ft using > > his BioMarine 500 CCR, plus the normal technical dives(shallower than > > 300ft) he does the rest of the year. He explained why he > > chooses to dive > > his CCR manually and disable the electronics while also > > bringing bailout > > gas that is ample enough to get him to staged back up gas, > > support divers, > > or complete deco should the unit have a problem, which has > > never happened > > to him. > > > > Capt. Johnny Pieno spoke on Hatteras, NC wrecks and their > > artifacts that > > was so good that a trip is in the making to one of them right > > now and while > > our group is noted for doing some pretty deep stuff, he > > touched on several > > wrecks that are less than 130ft and are so loaded with > > artifacts as he put > > it, Hellen Keller ( a famous blind person) could find some. > > One such wreck > > is the City of Atlanta. > > > > Robert Frump gave a summery of his book "Until the Sea Shall > > Free Them", > > Bob gave a chilling account of the 31 men who lost their > > lives when the SS > > Marine Electric sunk and how 3 men managed to survive near > > freezing water > > and 30ft seas with no survival suits FOR 2 hours. How it > > changed the way > > the USGC does its ocean rescues, while both ABS and the USCG > > changed their > > inspections on sea going vessels after this vessel sunk. > > Disney has the > > movie option on the book and I would not be surprised to see > > it made into one. > > > > Christina Young gave a fascinating presentation on NJ wrecks, > > with details > > and photos of how Richie Kohler, herself and others found and > > identified > > the USS Murphy while the US Navy took the stance of a vessel > > "had not sank" > > there and they were not missing one nor looking for > > one........while some > > may be against artifact recovery this is a prime example why > > something as > > simple as a ships gauge can help solve a mystery and set the record > > straight. Though the gauge *did not* solve the mystery of the > > Murphy.... > > the information that it contained (the inspection tag) was > > dismissed, and > > then AWOIS / Eastern Sea Frontier War Diary connection > > actually provided > > the definitive link. > > > > > > Other things worth mentioning, Robert Frump and I were > > interviewed about > > the SS Marine Electric by our local TV WVEC and will air on > > Feb 10&11 which > > will included some footage from the VBtech expeditions in > > 2000 & 2001. I > > will also be making available a DVD sometime in March about > > the Marine > > Electric and these expeditions to the wreck. At the show I > > made available > > on DVD the 490ft dive that Rick and I did in FL, while a copy > > of the tape > > was stole shortly after the dive and became the subject of > > many emails on > > these lists, I was not able to make it available for everyone > > to see back > > then and posted it would be at sometime. Also on the same DVD > > is the 380ft > > dive to the German Battleship Ostfriesland in 2002, see my > > web site for > > these DVD's. > > > > The artifact display was a complete success as many put on > > display some > > amazing finds.........while some are opposed to the taking > > artifacts I took > > delight being interviewed by someone who is doing an article on the > > subject. I stated how many of these things on display were > > the result of > > divers using their own money to research and locate these > > shipwrecks, while > > our Government and museums do not have the resources and > > could care less of > > there existence anyway. Not to mention the money these divers > > put back into > > the economy by paying companies to restore some of these > > items or purchase > > things like shadow boxes, stands, curio cabinets ect. to display > > them......wait until you see the photos I am going to put on > > my site of > > these artifacts. > > > > If you missed the show, then you can see some of it on my > > site, I will try > > to put up a page every day for the next 6 days. If you > > weren't there then > > you missed some of the best presentations I have ever been > > at. I can't > > duplicate that on my site. > > > > > > Capt JT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have > > to get in the > > water" > > Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more > > Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ > > Email captjt@mi*.co* > > > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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