[PSUBS-MAILIST] Movie hulls (was: Shipping from California)

[Michael Holt <mholt@richmond.edu>]

Greg Cotton wrote:
> 
> The one I REALLY wanted was the full sized, diesel powered, suface
> mock-up. It was for sale in Boats and Harbors about a year ago.

Somebody's gotta tell me about this sort of thing.

> It didn't have any chance of even being an ambient sub but it
> would have been really cool to motor around in anyhow. It would
> have to have been sailed over from Malta though. If I  remember
> rightly, it was "only" about $50,000. I could have been the
> terror of Lake Minnetonka.

Was it seaworthy enough to do that?

> Although, if I'd spent that kind of money on a "sub", my wife
> would make sure I was living on it!

But it would NOT be hard to find roommates.  

> She is pretty tolerant of us touring them on vacations and
> my going to work weekends on the Torsk (SS-423) in
> Baltimore a couple of times a year.

Well, stay with her, then.  None of the women I know will
do anything more than change the subject when I talk about
subs.

> Short movie review...The photography and effects were great, but
> the story really, really SUCKED!

LOL!

What ever happened to the deck and sail that was built for 
The Hunt for Red October?   Where are the sets for the other
movies we've seen recently?  

And there was a Russian sub deck and sail used in a candy
commercial right about the time THFRO came out.  What 
was that?

Off and on, I play with the idea of a submarine-shaped 
surface boat.  A Type IX, for example, with its wide
beam and classic shape would be just about perfect.
The draft would be a bit much, though, if there were
anything below decks.  Hmmm ...... 



Mike