Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Mead Sub tourism

["James" <james@whototake.com>]

My wife and I took the Seamagine tour in Catalina and we thought it was very
cool.  There weren't any wrecks but for the time we were on the bottom, our
"tour guide" talked about some of the plant and animal life that was down
there.  The tour only lasted about 20 minutes but it was very cool.
Unfortuantely for the price, it was only a one time thing.  Five of the
minutes were just getting down to 60ft and coming back up, so I don't know
how long it would take to get to 300ft.  It was fun no matter what though, I
would do it again in a heartbeat.

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ricci Dustin" <riccidustin@yahoo.com>
To: <Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:01 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Mead Sub tourism


> Hi all!
> Thanks for your responses to my topic. I was hoping
> Carsten might have some input on this topic. I have
> read everthing I could find on the Auguste Piccard. It
> facinates me that such a large sub dove as deep as it
> did with 40 passengers. I was at the Swiss expo in
> 1961 or 62, the submarine was not operating yet so my
> parents bought me a post card of it. I wanted on that
> sub so bad I thru a tantrum.
>
> Tommorow I will be diving some wrecks with a towed
> video camera for spotting. If I can make this happen a
> psub experience can be had by all who visit Vegas!
>
> I will be exploring a 42 ft. Chris Craft called the
> Tortuga. I hear it is the most popular wreck at Lake
> Mead. If the visibility is acceptable this may work
> for sub tours. The depth is 35ft. but the lake is at a
> very low level. It is down 75ft. from  peak. The lake
> level cycles every 7 years so it will be at a deeper
> depth for the next few years.
>
>  The end of this month is the Dema convention in
> Vegas. The Seamagine Submarine will be on display.
> This is a great convention for psubers.
>
>
>
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