Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fresh water sub tourism

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

Howdy


http://www.navsea.navy.mil.ndp


The link you gave above does not seem to work, do you have another??

Cheers

Marco

NZ - Where the Americas Cup is now happening!!!!

Sun, loads of great secluded beaches and clear blue sky.....




> Greetings all-Marco is exactly right see: http://www.navsea.navy.mil.ndp
> I'll make mine an SSN or CVA. Regards, M.Steed
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Marco Zeeman <marco@zeeman.co.nz>
> Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Date:  Wed, 09 Oct 2002 08:59:06 +1300
> 
>> 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
>> 
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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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