Re: Really! :-)

Posted by Eddie in New Orleans on April 24, 2000 at 22:55:00:

In Reply to: Really? posted by David on April 18, 2000 at 15:52:14:

: Hmmm....you say it was a true submarine, and it went 100 feet down? Did the *entire* boat go underwater? I'm pretty sure the Atlantis "submarine" I saw there was not capable of fully submerging....it was a boat that had a large passenger section below water line (essentually an enclosed glass-bottom boat), and a small part that remained above the surface...the passengers went below the surface, but the boat didn't submerge.

: Did your boat actually go completely below the surface? And if so, did it really go 100 feet down? I thought the tourist submarines (the real ones) only went like 25' deep. At 100 feet, there's quite a bit of water pressure and I can't help but wonder about how much extra engineering would need to be done to make a tourist boat (i.e, one with lots of windows to see out) safe at that depth. I also wonder about what kind of safety measures would be necessary to commercially operate a true submarine to 100 feet and do it with a good margin of safety. Perhaps I am misinformed....

Yes Dave it really is a submarine!! Im not sure about the "painted" boat but I went on it and when you arrive at the location where the sub is supposed to be I noticed nother charter boat like ours with no people on board and in a few minutes the sub surfaced and then about 25 people climbed out and in we went :-) I thought it was worth it, though I dont remember what it cost anymore. I dont snorkle either and that was my choice.

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