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BTravlin

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• Feb 3, 2010

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Check out this new luxury scooter. Gotta get me one of these!

branson-goes-20000-leagues-under-the-Sea: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

Talk about cruising in style.

 

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• Feb 3, 2010

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SCUBACRAFT | EXPERIENCE

Another alternative DPV, note the motor for enhanced surface interval activities.

 

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• Feb 4, 2010

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From the article....."The Necker Nymph claims "near-zero" environmental impact because its "positive buoyancy prevents the sub from landing on a reef"....

Oh Really? Neat trick Mr. Branson, of course you can still plow into the reef head on

 

Thalassamania

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• Feb 5, 2010

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THe sub was built by an old friend, Graham Hawkes, here's his website.
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You got to hand it to Richard Branson, he really gets into different stuff! I like the idea but its a bit out of my price range just now!

 

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• Feb 5, 2010

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I read that a few days ago. I thought it was really cool at first, but once you start reading it, you realize that it's pretty limited. I think it would have been better to encapsulate the passenger compartment. Then maybe you could have extended the depth and range a bit.
I also was pretty skeptical when I read about the "near-zero" environmental impact. Can any one say guilt assuagance?
I'd still take a ride though if I could. Hahahahahhaa.

 

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• Feb 5, 2010

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I like the open cockpit myself as you're more connected with the underwater world. Pull over anywhere and hop out for a closer look at something. Encapsulate it and then you're just in a sub.

 

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• Feb 10, 2010

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BTravlin:

I like the open cockpit myself as you're more connected with the underwater world. Pull over anywhere and hop out for a closer look at something. Encapsulate it and then you're just in a sub.

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Yeah-and you can even get out of the sub go for a dive