"an operational error that resulted in a broken viewport in Beta",
Vance, I'd be curious to know what happened here? I'll guess this was a deep dive considering the lines design depth but, is this something to learn from?
Joe
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] ebay subs
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:03:56 -0400
The 1 atm is the old Nekton Alpha. It was the 1st of its class, not certified by ABS, and sold off when Nekton, Inc. went belly up. The odd cage around it is someone's idea of safety. Mostly it looks like it always did, shinier perhaps, but intact. This boat evolved from the little Submaray (I think) and led the way for a series that has done more than 10,000 dives with only one fatality (which was an operational error that resulted in a broken viewport in Beta, rather than a failure of design). You gotta love those Nekton boats!!! And I agree, a hundred grand is a whole bucket full of money--but then again, ask some of the builders what a certifiable 1000 foot sub cost, and they'll quote 125K to half a million and not even bat an eye. The difference is that Dan or somebody could build this boat for a third to a half of what they're asking--as long as you don't count his time. And hey, who's counting?Vance
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Sent: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 6:21 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] ebay subs
The big food version of scuba tow: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260036619314 And a 1ATM that looks very much like a delta sub: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220032301940 Ian. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our database because either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messages from our organization. If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the link below or send a blank email message to: removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an automated process and should be complete within five minutes of our server receiving your request. PSUBS.ORG PO Box 311 Weare, NH 03281 603-529-1100 ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************