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165 m private submersible superyacht

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Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by ok_dad »

lp4vn wrote: post #31
sublinear wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Smuggling will always be a job for those low on the totem pole. It's dangerous and needs to be inconspicuous. No, this ship is meant for crazy parties and expeditions. Amusingly, just because it may happen to contain a ton of drugs for their personal consumption doesn't mean they're trying to smuggle anything.

Most of the ocean is dull and there is no much of a point in partying in the darkness of the oceanic waters. I read that a typical load in a narcosub was worth about 100 million dollars and a narcosub itself costs 2 million dollars. Two narcotrips will not only pay for the submarine but also make a huge profit, your idea that smuggling is for those low on the totem pole and that it has to be dangerous is something th…

The boats they use for this smuggling are the least seaworthy vessels I think I’ve had the pleasure to experience. We caught one go-fast because all four engines died and it was sinking, so they radioed for our help since we were already chasing them. These were very unsafe boats. The dudes onboard are not very important, their qualifications were they had been fishermen before and had families to hold over them to ensure the drugs got to the destination.

Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by roenxi »

primitivesuave wrote: post #22
propmaster wrote: post #11

I think it's a fantastic ship to smuggle drugs and weapons, so every high profile crime organisation on the planet will desire one, maybe yours, gratis ... admitting they can really deliver the ships without going out of business.

Check out narco submarines - they have people in the jungles of Columbia building submarines that they pack with tons of cocaine (literally), which are discarded after a single ocean crossing. In general, it seems to be more economical to ship illicit materials with cheap/disposable vessels and vulnerable/impoverished people, rather than risking an expensive yacht to government seizure.

I would find it funny if a country managed to bootstrap its way into high tech manufacturing like that. It sounds like the Columbian jungle would have a lot of demand for good engineering and machining know-how and if they are building disposable subs they'd have a lot of incentive to perfect cheap manufacturing technique.

If the drug trade doesn't work, they probably have the expertise to get involved in navel drones.

Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

tgijs wrote: post #35
oh_sigh wrote: post #27

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Well, the world is a better place for all the shipbuilders who work on this project. And a better place for their families. And all the businesses that they spend money in. And the communities that collect tax from them, isn't it?

In the name of efficiency I'd say we should cut out the middleman here and set an appropriate tax rate for potential customers of the mega yacht submersible.

Yeah billionaires will never actually effectively spend all of their money. Rather than try to entice them into buying increasingly ridiculous things, we should just make being a multibillionaire financially unviable so that the money is distributed better to begin with.

Perhaps if the tax rate truly rose to somewhere near 99% as individuals reach the billionaire mark, we'd see whether these folks truly are philanthropists or if they just play them on TV.

Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by serf »

pge wrote: post #32

The funny about this is that despite all the beautiful pictures, it would probably be a very unpleasant boat to ride in. Submarines by design are not very stable on the surface (think of a cylinder that rolls vs the v-shape of a surface ship that keeps it upright). But underwater, it only does 12 knots. So you have to choose between going really slow or having a smooth ride.

I guess i'd presume that with the billions of dollars someone would probably have to kick at a project like this that that'd use active stabilization[0] all over the place if the hull ended up being too rocky.

admittedly something with that kind of tonnage would have a massive flywheel, but if money isn't a hindrance..

[0]:https://www.seakeeper.com/seakeeper-products/seakeeper-40/

Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by Aeolun »

I don’t get the idea of having a separate pressure hull for your helicopter hangar. Surely if your submarine is compromised to the point of needing the pressure hull you are long past the point where your helicopter is going to save you.

Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by pr337h4m »

propmaster wrote: post #30
primitivesuave wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check out narco submarines - they have people in the jungles of Columbia building submarines that they pack with tons of cocaine (literally), which are discarded after a single ocean crossing. In general, it seems to be more economical to ship illicit materials with cheap/disposable vessels and vulnerable/impoverished people, rather than risking an expensive yacht to government seizure.

In fact, the point I was trying to illustrate is that if they steal your fancy luxury submarine is even less expensive, it's free, gratis, 100% discount. Do you really want a ship that it's seen as disposable delivery system by every single organised crime entity on the globe ?

How are you supposed to hijack a submarine when it's subsurface?

Re: 165 m private submersible superyacht

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Post by hindsightbias »

But how will my 10Gb StarLink work?

Which makes me wonder. After Thiel and all bug out, who is going to host the post-apocolypse internet?

What we need is a startup that will use GenerativeAI to simulate the internet and wayback, but hosted with a small nuke or maybe geothermal.

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