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

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@onewest.net>]

I recall a russian sub was for sale about a year back.  they were asking
a cool million for it on Ebay.
Carl


Michael Holt wrote:
> 
> 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

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