There’s an article in Sport Diver magazine (next month?) that has a 1/2 page article of us in it and next month or so we’ll be in Garden & Gun magazine. RICHARD: The 50-60’ depths are a combination of rocky ledges and shifting sands with lots of areas for massive spiny lobsters to hide and plenty of algae for the small varieties of fish to hide in.
GREG: What is the ocean floor like around the light house? Or that’s at least what they responded with when we inquired of several groups. RICHARD: None, zip, zilch, nada! Funny but being literally “outside” their territory excludes us from any assistance. GREG: Were you able to get any government grants for research studies or light house preservation? RICHARD: Fishermen and just ordinary people who think it’ll be romantic, exciting, and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. GREG: Besides divers wanting to be on the water, what other types of people do you envision wanting to stay at your hotel? They have gone out and helped but it’s really my passion, not so much theirs. Now that it’s a year or so past the crazy stage, they often tell their new friends about it to impress them. RICHARD: I’ve 4 kids, all nearly grown (2 just out of college, 2 in now) and as you might expect this seemed like another of “dad’s crazy projects” so they were only slightly involved. GREG: Do you have any kids? If so, did they help with the project? For example, it took me 3 months to get the government to tell me directly that they couldn’t sell me the land under the tower because they “didn’t own it”! It is in international waters and outside the state and US lands.
They are very valuable to better understand the nature of the item, place or property. I recommend if you locate anything you are interested in to contact by email and phone the agent who is handling the item. RICHARD: GSA is like any government agency in that it works but just barely. GREG: How was the GSA process? Pretty intense OR pretty easy? (if you’re inclined, see but don’t say I didn’t warn you.) In my case, it was either dumb luck or a computer program from the future that notified me. RICHARD: Search Google / Bing and set ‘alerts’ in both system for key words that may catch a notice. GREG: Besides GSA, where there other resources you used to find information about possible off shore platforms to buy? RICHARD: Well, still working fulltime I and the rest of America hopefully learned after the financial crisis that it’s best to plan, prepare and be ready rather than jump into the deep water without a lifeline, both figuratively and literally in this case!
GREG: What did it take for you to leave a career as a sales engineer to pursue this project? I imagine it was hard leaving a good paying job to assume a big risk. I wanted to know how a person could take on such an endeavor, what the process was like.and whether he had any tips for people aspiring to be like him. government and converted it into a bed and breakfast for divers and fisherman. He bought the decommissioned lighthouse from the U.S. I recently had the pleasure of corresponding with Richard Neal, the new owner of the Frying Pan Tower - formerly known as the Frying Pan Shoals Light Station.
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