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Skipbreather · 10th March 2008, 18:05

I was there all day Saturday and had a great time. There were indeed many rebreathers there. At Ron Benson’s (Deep Thought) booth there were a Meg, a rEvo, and a Sport Kiss. Shearwater was represented by Curt McNee (SP? Sorry….). Next door were a YBOD or two. There were 2 Orubberousses (SP?) at opposite corners of the show. Delta P’s US rep, Tami Thompson was there showing the colors and answering questions w/ both VR3 & VR2 on display. There was an Optima somewhere, I think, and of course the obligatory Dolphin or two. Wreck Diver’s Supply had some great bargains on their clearance table (new 300 bar valves $48, new SPGs $42 for example). Off hand I’d say close to a dozen wreck diving charter boats based at various ports had booths as well. For those who like books, there was a series of tables where there must have been over 100 different books on anything related to Great Lakes history, ships, ports, shipping, shipwrecks, you name it. Greg Stanton did a 3 hour intro to CCRs/ pool demo. The programs were great- biggest problem was I wanted to see several that were presented at the same time. The most interesting one was an absolutely EXCELLENT presentation on the workings of steam engines. Everyone can identify the pistons/ crankshaft, but this program did a very credible job of explaining what all the other valves, levers, and wheels are for and how they affect the operation of the engine.

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Skipbreather Reads the fine print Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet MK 15.X Home Build Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 584	Re: Anybody went to Ghost Ships? I was there all day Saturday and had a great time. There were indeed many rebreathers there. At Ron Benson’s (Deep Thought) booth there were a Meg, a rEvo, and a Sport Kiss. Shearwater was represented by Curt McNee (SP? Sorry….). Next door were a YBOD or two. There were 2 Orubberousses (SP?) at opposite corners of the show. Delta P’s US rep, Tami Thompson was there showing the colors and answering questions w/ both VR3 & VR2 on display. There was an Optima somewhere, I think, and of course the obligatory Dolphin or two. Wreck Diver’s Supply had some great bargains on their clearance table (new 300 bar valves $48, new SPGs $42 for example). Off hand I’d say close to a dozen wreck diving charter boats based at various ports had booths as well. For those who like books, there was a series of tables where there must have been over 100 different books on anything related to Great Lakes history, ships, ports, shipping, shipwrecks, you name it. Greg Stanton did a 3 hour intro to CCRs/ pool demo. The programs were great- biggest problem was I wanted to see several that were presented at the same time. The most interesting one was an absolutely EXCELLENT presentation on the workings of steam engines. Everyone can identify the pistons/ crankshaft, but this program did a very credible job of explaining what all the other valves, levers, and wheels are for and how they affect the operation of the engine. __________________ "Entropy RULES! Enjoy the interim."
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