"Joe Della Barba " wrote in message ...
: On 22 Feb 2004 00:38:19 -0800, (Ralf Dieholt)
: wrote:
:
: I think the world under the oceans is much more beautiful than the
: ugly world we see each day.
:
: So I think submarine cruises are a huge market for the future with
: billions of $$$ to earn.
: I was aboard a submarine once with large viewing ports that was about
: 80 feet long. This boat was designed for taking tourists to view the
: reefs around Grand Cayman. I suspect that the slow speed and great
: cost of such a vessel would make for a pretty small market as a
: private yacht. It would be FAR cheaper to put a small battery-only sub
: on a conventional yacht as deck cargo and use it for touring the reefs
: after you anchor. Best of both worlds that way, plus you could always
: get Discovery Channel charters when you were low on $$$.
:
: Joe
I bet it would be even cheaper if someone eliminated the boat entirely
and came up with some type of self contained underwater breathing
apparatus...
....so waterworld visitors would be spared the experience of meeting
close up someone who just discovered how claustrophobic they
really are.