<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Haha. Ok</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br>hank pronk <hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca> wrote:<br>Scott,<br>Put a manipulator on your sub and go salvage something that gets you on the news.  Free exposure, if you build it they will come.<br>Hank<br>--------------------------------------------<br>On Sun, 4/13/14, swaters <swaters@waters-ks.com> wrote:<br><br> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Commercial<br> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> Received: Sunday, April 13, 2014, 6:51 PM<br> <br> I know we have<br> some retired commercial divers in psubs. What kind of work<br> is out there for subs like ours realistically. I know in<br> order to be effective we need tooling and manipulators. What<br> are the benifits from the employer to use a sub rather that<br> divers? Thanks,Scott<br> Waters<br> <br> <br> Sent<br> from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone <br> Brian Cox <brian@ojaivalleybeefarm.com> wrote:<br> Well, seeing as how there<br> ain't too many subs out there, I would say what<br> ever the traffic will bear.  You're right to<br> estimate relative to similar activities.  You have to<br> cover your basic operational costs, your time and what the<br> sub itself could charge per hour or per job.  Degree of<br> difficulty and also degree of risk<br> involved. Brian<br> <br> --- swaters@waters-ks.com wrote:<br> <br> From: swaters <swaters@waters-ks.com><br> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br> <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Commercial<br> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:32:17 -0500<br> <br> Makes sence Brian. How do you know what to charge<br> for stuff like that? Is there some kind of industry standard<br> for per hour sub work or any kind of guidelines? Maybe a<br> combination of diver and sub together with comms doing<br> tasks?Thanks,Scott Waters<br> <br> <br> <br> Sent from my U.S. Cellular©<br> Smartphone <br> Brian Cox <brian@ojaivalleybeefarm.com> wrote:<br> Hi<br> Scott,               <br> I think they do pick up odd jobs here and there.  I<br> know they do the fish count out here by the Channel Islands,<br> which is some sort of government related survey of different<br> species of fish around the oil platforms.  Seems like a<br> highly unscientific and random kind of survey but I guess<br> it's better that no survey.  You can see them on<br> youtube counting fish from the sub.  I tried to get<br> some info from those guys, since they used to be based a few<br> miles from me, but they were not interested in sharing any<br> information.   I think the best way is<br> to create your own<br> work. Brian  <br> <br> --- swaters@waters-ks.com wrote:<br> <br> From: swaters <swaters@waters-ks.com><br> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org<br> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Commercial<br> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:45:17 -0500<br> <br> How does delta<br> oceanographics find work? Do they just wait for people to<br> find their web site or just through their connections in the<br> past? How does a group like that charge for<br> work? This is a realm I know nothing about<br> and would love to learn more<br> about.Thanks,Scott<br> Waters<br> <br> <br> <br> Sent from my U.S. Cellular©<br> Smartphone<br> _______________________________________________<br> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br> Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<br> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles<br> _______________________________________________<br> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br> Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<br> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles<br> <br> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br> Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<br> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles<br> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br>Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<br>http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles<br><br></body>