An old OceanGate submersible has been on the market for almost $800,000, but a yacht broker now worries that the imploding Titan of the defunct company will make that sale all but impossible.
According to Insider, Steve Reoch marketed the 1996-built Antipodes for $795,000 on behalf of the deep-sea exploration business and has been attempting to sell it for them for the past five years. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush purchased it used as his first submersible.
He claimed, however, that OceanGate now has even less of a chance of selling it, and he has given up trying to do so.
The broker said he had been trying to sell the 13 ½-foot-long Antipodes for years but only got some interest from people who “weren’t legit” or were “flakes,” the outlet reported.
The vessel, which was built by Florida-based Perry Submersibles, went through “several people and several owners” before Rush bought it, Reoch said.
