Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fresh water sub tourism

[Marco Zeeman <marco@zeeman.co.nz>]

The US has over 400 ships from subs to aircraft carriers up for disposal, no
end of potential wrecks for those needing one. They cant export the retired
ships as there is a federal ban so they need a home somehwhere in the
States.

I represent a group in NZ doing just that, sinking a retired navy frigate as
an underwater attraction

See    www.divewreck.co.nz


Cheers

Marco


> I wonder if it would be possible to create one's own wrecks?
> Just sink something after it's been "fixed up" to be more
> interesting.








> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 00:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Ricci Dustin writes:
>> I guess the key to fresh water sub tourism is wrecks.
> 
> I wonder if it would be possible to create one's own wrecks?
> Just sink something after it's been "fixed up" to be more
> interesting.
> 
>> I am looking at Lake Mead in Nevada. This is the
>> largest man made lake in North America.
> 
> How deep is it?   How much other traffic is there? You'd have
> to set up safe lanes for submarine operation, just to avoid
> running into the curious.
> 
>> It is full of
>> wrecks. And it is 20 minutes from Las Vegas so the
>> tourist traffic is there to pull from. There is even a
>> B-29 that went down in the 40s and is still intact.
> 
> A sunken B-29?   What else do you know about this
> one?  Is it a dive site?
> 
>> I would still love to here from anyone who dove on the
>> Auguste Piccard or knows anything about the tours it
>> dove.
> 
> That's a good question.  I wonder at what point the operation
> of that boat became too expensive.  The story of that tourism
> business would make a very good book for Carsten to write.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike H.
> 
> 
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