Individual cabin plus 16-berth bunkroom available in unique submersible houseboat! Formerly oceangoing, steel-hulled vessel ‘Nautilus’ is now discreetly moored in beautiful secluded Pacific-island cavern. Resident landlord (retired sea captain) values privacy but entertains occasional intelligent conversation.
Unparalleled shared amenities! 12,000-volume library; salon lavishly furnished with objets d’art, marine specimens, spectacular underwater viewing windows, compact melodious pipe organ; galley offering imaginative seafood menu; fine silver-service dining room. Advanced mod cons throughout: H+C water, electric lighting, assorted gauges and advanced controls (caution! Slight shock hazard.)
Island abounds in scenic beauty, edible fruits, materials for handicrafts, and exotic wildlife (turtles, seals, koalas, orang-utans… much more!) Diving excursions by arrangement.
Payment in kind negotiable: assist proprietor with his biological field studies, marine-engine restoration or applied electrical research! Would suit person of cultured scientific type seeking solitude (especially, escaping warfare). Longer lets preferred. Sorry, no harpoonists.
Apply ‘Nemo’.
[Accommodation on board the submarine Nautilus, as described by Jules Verne in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and in The Mysterious Island]
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