[PSUBS-MAILIST] Keith Gordon, diving Niagra

[David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles]

Alan, I met Ingrid years ago at the Blue Ocean event in Monterey. Taking
the SeaQuestor to NZ and observing the Orca's with Ingrid is something we
spoke about to do once we are finished the build. Might get to see you in a
couple of years.
.
Best Regards,
David Colombo

804 College Ave
Santa Rosa, CA. 95404
(707) 536-1424
www.SeaQuestor.com



On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 1:49 PM Alan via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hank,
> we used to have the Antipodes operating commercially as a tourist sub but
> now I only know of two possible operational submersibles.
> One is Hugh's Com sub, however he said he had a buyer a while back, the
> other
> belonged to a guy called Graeme Hart who kept it on his Super yacht; but
> that
> was up for sale.
> There could well be none as the navy doesn't have any!
> I better get my ambient back up & running!
> It's a hard grind down here! If you mention submarine you may as well be
> saying
> UFO.
> Alan
>
>
> On 24/07/2020, at 8:27 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Alan, are there any operating P subs in NZ?
> Hank
>
> On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 1:43:31 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Brian, thanks.
> Although the Orca can dive to 800ft they usually don't dive beyond 300ft.
> Ingrid is interested in observing them at a couple of sea mounts that they
> frequent to see what they are feeding on.
> Most of the time in NZ they are spotted moving in & out of harbours
> feeding.
> In NZ & nowhere else they have developed a taste for stingray liver, so are
> heading in to the shallows extracting the livers & throwing the rest away.
> When they are on the move it would be difficult to anticipate where they
> were
> heading & then put a submersible in their path. I spent some time recently
> with an inflatable in tow trying to intercept a group of 10.
> Our smaller submersibles would certainly be easier & quicker to get into
> position than something like a Triton submersible.
> Alan
>
>
> On 24/07/2020, at 12:55 AM, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Alan,
>
> What sort of depths and science missions are you considering? Check us out
> at:
>
> https://www.innerspacescience.org/
>
> Brian
>
>
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