Aggie87 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) ...you're all invited!! Make a splash in the world's largest swimming pool If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world. But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own – and you have the space to accommodate it – then beware: This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million. The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile's southern coast, since it opened last month. Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end. It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb – nicknamed the Big Splash – in Morocco, which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympicsize pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards. Chile's monster pool uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other. The sun warms the water to 26c, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea. Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build "an impressive artificial paradise" even in inhospitable areas. "As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean." Edited January 22, 2008 by Aggie87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Thought your family was into inbreeding and you be talkin' 'bout a gene pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Weird. What's wrong with the ocean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Weird. What's wrong with the ocean? I guess it has sharks in it or somethin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Thought your family was into inbreeding and you be talkin' 'bout a gene pool. Try as I might, I can't figure out how to turn this into a thread about my "time" in Arkansas. Shore are pretty girls there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 "fresh seawater"??? Next it'll be salty fresh water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 "fresh seawater"??? Next it'll be salty fresh water. I see new marketing possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 hey chuck nessa, how about me n you jet down there this weekend for it, and we can set up the 'jazz portion' of the swimming pool, and we can have a boom box floating on one of those inflatable alligators, blasting Curtis Amy, while chliean prostitutes feed us mangoes and knock our junk around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Incorrigible! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 On a serious note, if the tourist industry will spend such money for it, means that Chile has an internal market for it. I am glad for chilean people. I doubt it will attract tourists from abroad, at least not me, personally I like fishes, corals, sharks and all those annoying stuff you can find in oceans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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