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Old 08-13-2010, 04:10 AM
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Cheap $ 2 Million personal submarine ?!
I've always been fascinated by submarines and this one caught my attention. Although its just a tad over my budget (by about 1,999,999 $) its still interesting

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11726?promo=search
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Old 08-13-2010, 09:18 PM
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why would you spend that much if you can buy old desiel powered military subs for little more than scrap metal prices? Of course the old surplus subs do not have as many windows, but for well under $100,000 you can get yourself an operational sub.
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A couple of years ago there was a Greek army vessel for sale $1million.. 75m ship, minisub, divegear, chamber, tenders etc.. all included.. didn't have the money even to fill her up
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LOLZ ...... i must say that sub is horribly overpriced .....
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i must say that sub is horribly overpriced .....
Never mind the price.. think about the maintenance costs..
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Never mind the price.. think about the maintenance costs..

understatement of the year !
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Yes... and don't forget the $1M+ for the support vessel, the $200G+/ year for the crew and the $100G operating costs and insurance for the lot. Bloody bargain if you ask me...I think I'll get a couple.
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Yes... and don't forget the $1M+ for the support vessel, the $200G+/ year for the crew and the $100G operating costs and insurance for the lot. Bloody bargain if you ask me...I think I'll get a couple.
hehehe .... good gift for friends at BBQ's eh
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Ok guess this is more practical

http://www.sub-find.com/deepstar.htm
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Fun reading but of this we do not speak.:

Concrete submarine
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Ow man i read the whole thread before !! ...... cried, laughed, got angry ....
I have read more about submarines, played with every simulator ever published, been in a submarine several times and man that smelt fishy from the first post ...
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Oh no that concrete submarine thing again....Please make next submarine out of epoxy...
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Oh no that concrete submarine thing again....Please make next submarine out of epoxy...
How about concrete / epoxy ?
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I've always been fascinated by submarines and this one caught my attention. Although its just a tad over my budget (by about 1,999,999 $) its still interesting

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11726?promo=search
I had heard that someone was trying to make an acrylic sphere vehicle like Makakai or NEMO. I wonder who made the sphere and the vehicle and how old that sphere is.

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Oh no that concrete submarine thing again....Please make next submarine out of epoxy...
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt...I'm going for wood-epoxy on the next one, getting too old to lift heavy glass boats...
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Never mind the price.. think about the maintenance costs..
with this price tag, the maintenance must be high, or you stay on the bottom
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