Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "underwater cabin"

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

If I remember right, this has been done somewhere here in the U.S.  There
was no sub to take you down, but you would dive down via scuba equipment and
it had a full eating area, rooms to see the surrounding sea life, etc...  I
think I saw something about it on the discovery channel, then heard later on
that it didn't fair to well in the market place.  That was a couple of years
ago though.  I just did a google search and came up with this www.jul.com
Hope it helps.

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Orsay" <homeworld_general@hotmail.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:12 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "underwater cabin"


> I had an idea about making a permanent structure on the bottom of an
ocean,
> obviously not too deep, something like 100-200 ft.  and then i would bring
> people who rent it out for a few days down in a submersible.  It would be
> about 50 feet long, 9 feet in diameter, with a floor about 2 feet above
the
> bottom of the cylander.  the power would be supplied by a diesel engine on
a
> bouy that floats, oxygen tanks can be removed and brought back to the
> surface and refilled.  i want to know if anyone thinks that there is a
> market for this, about any legal issues, and maybe some physical
> limitations.  also, i dont know how im gonna be able to hook up the
> submarine and the "underwater cottage". any help would be appreciated
>
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