Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Decisions decisions decisions....

["Brian Cox" <ojaibees@ojai.net>]

As long as this thread is engaging in" wouldn't it be neat to..."  what I think might be interesting would be to hold a future psubs convention at an underwater habitat where everybody "arrives" via their sub.  Of course we would have to have a temporary underwater habitat where subs could rise up underneath an open "hanger" to enter the facility.  Then show slides etc..

Brian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Coalbunny" <coalbunny@vcn.com>
To: "P-Subs" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Decisions decisions decisions....


> I have done a lot of thinking about this, and it has literally taken
> several years to make a concrete decision.  I have several ideas for a
> sub, but couldn't figure out which one I was going to build first.  They
> were an ambient sub for treasure hunting, a submersable habitat, a
> replica sub and a real go-getter: an animal replica.  The last one would
> be fun, that's for sure.  Couldn't decide if I wanted it to be a rainbow
> trout, great white shark or the Loch Ness monster.  Ask yourself what
> you'd be thinking if you saw one of those in a lake.  I think you get
> the idea why I like that idea so much!
> 
> I still don't know *for sure* which one will be built first.  But I have
> put the submersable habitat on the back burner along with the treasure
> seeker.  The cost is the biggest reason.  So now I'm deciding between
> *which* replica to go for.  
> 
> So from the legal standpoint, what are your thoughts on the replicas? 
> My concern is someone going psycho after seeing a great white shark in
> Lake Powell and me being liable for it.  Is that possible?  I think it's
> very realistic in this day and age.  And the liability issue is one of
> the deciding factors.  
> 
> The other replicas would be of a larger sub.  One in particular I have
> been considering is the USS Nautilus, SSN 571.  One thing to remember is
> that on a replica, I would prefer staying as close to exact scale as
> possible.  I realize that in some areas this can't be done.  Like the
> c-tower, for example.  For something toliterally be an exact replica, I
> know the size would be enormous.  
> 
> Anyhow, food for thought.  Any ideas from you guys?
> Carl
> 
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