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Alan Wright <awright@gs*.bt*.co*.uk*> wrote:
>My impression of Phil Nuytten's suit was that it was rather on the
>expensive side (100's of 1000's of $) and not really intended for
>individual ownership. It seemed that they saw their market as contract
>hire to commercial diving companies.
>
>This came directly from the company in Vancouver. I had occasion to
>phone them last year on behalf of a commercial diving friend who was
>interested in getting training. They sent me a reasonable information
>package. At that time there was a training centre in the UK but I
>can't remember where.
I saw a Newt Suit, and a presentation by Phil Nuytten, at the Underwater
Canada show this past April. The present suits are, as you say, pricey,
at about $500,000 each. They're good to 1000 feet. Initially they were
selling them, but they've found that renting them out with a skilled
operator was more what the commercial market wanted. The film
presentation showed somebody jetting around a wreck in a Newt Suit and
being quite agile; it looked like a lot of fun, but I think I'd still get
a better look at the wreck whilst wearing my Viking.
However, the present suit is not considered the ultimate Newt Suit;
development is apparently happening toward a newer and better model, and
making it easier to use and more verstatile and less expensive would all
be directions in which they could go.
--
Anthony DeBoer A: "The Net goes right around the world."
adb@he*.re*.or* B: "Wouldn't want to haul them buggers in on a
uunet!geac!herboid!adb cold Sunday in February!"
-- CBC Air Farce explaining Internet to fishermen
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