General Discussions
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RE: A Type VII U-boat today?
Posted by:
J.T. McDaniel
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Date: August 03, 2001 11:42AM
<HTML>Also, since she\'s more than 75 feet long, you can\'t sail her yourself unless you have a master\'s license.
Okay, I can see the appeal for a short period, but let\'s be honest, these boats were NOT designed for comfort. The appeal of the Titanic II that\'s currently building is a luxury ambiance in a ship that looks like the old liner, but has all the modern ammenities and safety features. (As well as more passenger space, since the new one will use diesels and doesn\'t need to allocate a lot of space for boiler rooms.)
You can sell luxury. I think it would be a lot harder to sell the kind of conditions you\'d pretty much be forced into on a replica VIIc.
J.T. McDaniel
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Okay, I can see the appeal for a short period, but let\'s be honest, these boats were NOT designed for comfort. The appeal of the Titanic II that\'s currently building is a luxury ambiance in a ship that looks like the old liner, but has all the modern ammenities and safety features. (As well as more passenger space, since the new one will use diesels and doesn\'t need to allocate a lot of space for boiler rooms.)
You can sell luxury. I think it would be a lot harder to sell the kind of conditions you\'d pretty much be forced into on a replica VIIc.
J.T. McDaniel
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