Re:

[Rick Lucertini <nexus@intergate.bc.ca>]

Alan D. Secor wrote:

> Well Martin, I'm on the opposite side of the fence than you....I'm not
> real
> keen on the construction but have plenty of uses.  The ONLY reason I'm
> building it myself is due to cost considerations of purchasing one.
>
> Now, what am I going to use it for (you ask)????  Well, being an avid
> scuba
> diver and wreckdiver, I'm always in search of new wrecks (the thrill of
> discovery).  I have ready access to several bodies of water that have been
> largely unexplored (NY Finger Lakes, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario)  to
> name a few.  Now, the chances of stumbling across a new find while on
> scuba is
> small so what is needed is a way to explore the depths, and cover fairly
> large distances for a long period of time.  This is where the sub comes
> in.
> Once something "interesting" is found and marked, I can then go back and
> dive it on scuba.  I also hope to use the sub in search and recovery and
> salvage work, allowing me to hopefully recover some of my expenses.  Then
> there's always the chance of finding TREASURE!!!  ;-)
>
> Hope this answers your question.......Al

Al, you are obviously a romantic!  Ditto all of the above and . . . I live on the Wet Coast of Canada
and have often dreamed of building a loose copy of the Type VII U-Boat or a Gato or Balao.  Why?   I'd
love to cruise both underwater AND the surface.  The beauty in B.C. is outstanding.  Yachters often
tie up to a remote log boom and dive and swim off the boom.  They stay overnight.  They camp on shore
and dodge bears.  Why not from a sub?  [see my response to Martin].

Warm regards,

Rick Lucertini
Vancouver, Canada