[PSUBS-MAILIST] Keith Gordon, diving Niagra

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Ian,
this is the boat.
https://vimeo.com/279022294
Registered in the Marshall Islands, but I haven't been able to find out who owns it.
It may be a support vessel for the Rocinate, owned by Billionaire Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean III.
Alan

> On 24/07/2020, at 10:17 AM, irox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> It would certainly be nice to have a super yacht for transporting subs!
> Wish I could afford $300(usd) per mile fuel bill.....
> 
> If you click on the "deck plans" you can see the sub on the port side around the other vessels the super yacht carries:
> https://www.fraseryachts.com/en/yacht-for-sale/grand-rusalina/
> From the photos/video, I don't think the sub is still on the vessel, looks like it may have been replaced by a larger boat
> (or maybe just hidden from view).
> 
> Cheers,
>   Ian.
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles 
> Sent: Jul 23, 2020 1:48 PM 
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion 
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Keith Gordon, diving Niagra 
> 
> 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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