Jon,
I had wondered about the "secrecy" part of the article myself. It doesn't seem to jibe with the "one up on you" mega-yacht world. Your assessment seems right on track.
Joe
From: "Jon Wallace" <jon@psubs.org>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Luxury Sub News Article
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:32:55 -0400
>
>It sounds to me like it was a slow news day at Bloomberg and someone took
>artistic license to make something out of nothing. The fact that
>millionaires and billionaires are purchasing subs as their next toy is a
>good human interest story. All the talk of "secrecy" is just an attempt to
>add a touch of mystique for a faux of mystery to the article in hopes that
>other rich people will perhaps think that they are missing out on something
>and order a sub for themselves too. Good marketing. That's what I got out
>of the story.
>
>Jon
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org]On Behalf Of Ray Keefer
>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:23 PM
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Luxury Sub News Article
>
>
>We will never know if they ever built a sub. The
>article is full of we can't tell you because its
>confidential stuff.
>
>
>--- Michael <subaquamodels@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a9s.rOyb3IaU
> >
> > Yet another news article looking at the world of
> > luxury submarines.
> >
> > Interesting how it paints US Subs Inc as a major
> > successful manufacturer.....I seem to recall some
> > people on here questioned whether they'd ever built
> > a sub......
> >
> > Michael
>
>
>
>
>
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