Michael Lorrey wrote:
> On the individual sovereignty side, we are beginning to see the start of the
> migration to permanent oceanic living. The former Chairman of Norwegian Cruise
> Lines is heading a company that is building a cruise Liner called "World of
> ResidenSea" which will be a permanently occupied residential liner, with 286
> condominiums. MAXIMUM condo price is $6.6 million. With the cost of cruise
> tourism dropping to the $200-1000 per day range, more and more people are taking
> cruises (more than twice as many people as in the age of the ocean liner as the
> only means of transoceanic transportation), which serve as an excellent PR
> machine for permanent oceanic living projects. Of the 286 condos on this
> residential liner, 65 are already sold, and the boat is not to be launched till
> 2001.
Interesting! I've done a HotBot search right away...
Maritime Replicas International Inc.
http://www.maritimereplicas.com/resea.htm
Has some pictures and general ship info.
http://www.palmerrealty.com/residensea.htm Has a nice picture and detailed floor plans of some huts.
http://208.233.90.78/residensea.htm
General discription of the undertaking.
http://www.seaview.co.uk/residensea.html "June 22, 1998: Reports that plans to build the world's first seagoing resort are in danger of running aground have been fiercely denied by Bahamas-registered ResidenSea Ltd."
Looks like it's another dud. Too bad, the idea is certainly nice.