<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>David,</div><div>she is a busy woman, full of energy. She dives & snorkels with the Orca.</div><div>You wouldn't catch me doing that, all you would need is for one of the babies </div><div>to think you were a bath toy & you would be history.</div><div>Might be cheaper for her to fly to California for a dive in your sub.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 24/07/2020, at 9:46 AM, David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Alan, I met Ingrid years ago at the Blue Ocean event in Monterey. Taking the SeaQuestor to NZ and observing the Orca's with Ingrid is something we spoke about to do once we are finished the build. Might get to see you in a couple of years.</div><div>. </div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,<br>David Colombo<br><img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/533310a9e4b0fba62008a464/t/5339c1f2e4b041bac4e25d1b/1396294132055/?format=500w" width="200" height="110"><br>804 College Ave<br>Santa Rosa, CA. 95404<br>(707) 536-1424<br><a href="http://www.SeaQuestor.com" target="_blank">www.SeaQuestor.com</a><br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 1:49 PM Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hank,</div><div>we used to have the Antipodes operating commercially as a tourist sub but</div><div>now I only know of two possible operational submersibles. </div><div>One is Hugh's Com sub, however he said he had a buyer a while back, the other</div><div>belonged to a guy called Graeme Hart who kept it on his Super yacht; but that</div><div>was up for sale. </div><div>There could well be none as the navy doesn't have any!</div><div>I better get my ambient back up & running! </div><div>It's a hard grind down here! If you mention submarine you may as well be saying</div><div>UFO.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br>On 24/07/2020, at 8:27 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Alan, are there any operating P subs in NZ?</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="gmail-m_6754954760571931657yiv6345573854"><div><div></div><div>Brian, thanks.</div><div>Although the Orca can dive to 800ft they usually don't dive beyond 300ft.</div><div>Ingrid is interested in observing them at a couple of sea mounts that they</div><div>frequent to see what they are feeding on. </div><div>Most of the time in NZ they are spotted moving in & out of harbours feeding.</div><div>In NZ & nowhere else they have developed a taste for stingray liver, so are</div><div>heading in to the shallows extracting the livers & throwing the rest away.</div><div>When they are on the move it would be difficult to anticipate where they were</div><div>heading & then put a submersible in their path. I spent some time recently</div><div>with an inflatable in tow trying to intercept a group of 10.</div><div>Our smaller submersibles would certainly be easier & quicker to get into </div><div>position than something like a Triton submersible.</div><div>Alan </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="gmail-m_6754954760571931657yiv6345573854yqt70586"><div><br clear="none">On 24/07/2020, at 12:55 AM, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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