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capn_tucker
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Voit Blue 50 Fathom question

Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:02 am

I did a forum search and didn't find anything, so my question is this:
Does anyone know why the Blue 50 Fathom was only sold for one year? I have my own theories; that it's $50 dollar price tag was a threat to Polaris and Navy sales, or perhaps that the plastic housing was perceived as "cheap" and never caught on with divers. Can anyone shed light on this?
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:46 pm

I can't really supply intelligent information. But I can say that in 1962 anything plastic or from Japan was considered inferior. Perhaps due to the bakelite era being just past plastic was looked on with distain
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:23 pm

That's kind of what I thought, that the plastic was considered "cheap". I imagine that's why the Jet Air didn't last long either..
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