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New, Fastest-Ever Super Sub

U-Boat Worx just unveiled its new three-person Super Sub at the Monaco show, and the innovative Dutch builder says it’s the fastest private submersible ever made. The 21-foot-long sub has a top speed of 10 knots, and it can dive down to almost 1,000 feet. It has an impressive 100 kW of thrust, coming from four 25 kW and two 6 kW electric motors; the battery has 62 kWh capacity. The new Super Sub uses advanced technology and new levels of streamlined design and safety, according to the company. Roy Heijdra, U-Boat Worx’s marketing manager, says it is 3-4 knots…

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A New Look at U-Boat Worx’s 123-foot Sub

We usually deal with boats that go on top of the water, and cruising boats that are owner-operated, to boot. But U-Boat Worx, the Dutch submarine builder, just released some renderings of its 123-foot Nautilus, and they’re just too good not to share. U-Boat Worx says that Nautilus is “the ultimate adventure vessel” because it’s both a luxurious superyacht on the surface and a submarine that can dive down to 650 feet below the surface, carrying up to 10 passengers and seven crew. Power comes from a series of diesel/electric motors ad a 1,200kWh battery pack. Nautilus was designed in…

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New Six-Person Triton Sub Goes Down 3,300 Feet

Triton has just launched its new 3300/6 submarine, and the name gives it all away: The new Triton is certified to go down 3,300 feet under the water, while carrying six passengers. Triton says it’s the highest-capacity, 3,300-feet-deep certified recreational sub in the world. The 3300/6 is designed to be launched from the garage of a megayacht or an expedition yacht, using a standard tender lift. It weighs 24,300 pounds, is 14’’ 9” long, 11’ 8” wide, 7’ 9” high, and it can carry a 1,760-pound payload. The sub can cruise at a 3-knot top speed underwater, and it can…

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New Sub from U-Boat Worx: Cruise at 6 Knots

If you’re looking for a new toy, think about the U-Boat Worx HiPer Sub 2, a two-person sports sub that goes 6 knots on the surface or under the surface and that provides what the Dutch builder calls “the ultimate underwater experience.” In the HiPer Sub 2, you can glide along and admire the view, or you can engage in underwater acrobatics, performing loops, steep turns and vertical ascents and descents. The intuitive joystick controls let you, along with your trained pilot, maneuver the sub like a fighter jet, all in air-conditioned comfort. The sub comes with a depth sounder,…

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The Future of Yachting? Cruise On and Under the Water

Who just wants to cruise on the surface of the water anymore? How banal; everybody does that. Take a look at the newest trend for the over-the-top superyacht market: The Carapace, a 256-foot-long hybrid that travels on the surface and under the water too. The product of Elena Nappi, 34, an Italian naval architect, Carapace can submerge to a depth of 985 feet for up to ten days at a time. There you can get a new look at marine life; take a break from the mundane surface world; or, simply disappear from view, if that’s what you have in…

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Coast Guard Busts Sub with 5,000 Pounds of Cocaine

The Coast Guard has boarded and seized a submarine carrying more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine – worth more than $69 million – somewhere in the Eastern Pacific. There was so much coke on the narco sub that the Coast Guard cutter that made the bust had to call in a larger cutter with a crane to offload the drugs. The semi-submersible boat was seized by law enforcement officers from the Harriet Lane, a 270-foot Coast Guard cutter, after a patrol plane had spotted it. Boarding teams from the cutter climbed on the sub just before midnight and took control…

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Meet the New Hyper-Sub: 35 mph On the Surface, 6 mph Under Water

A new Florida company is testing a combination of a fast cruising boat and submarine called the Hyper-Sub that it says goes 35 mph on the surface, 6 mph when submerged, and can dive down to 1,200 feet. Created by HSP Technologies of Lake City, Florida, the prototype was tested this summer and the company is now conducting further sea trials. The Hyper-Sub is 45 feet long with a 16-foot beam and uses two 480-hp Yanmar diesels for surface power. Underwater, it’s powered by two 60-hp 12-inch innerspace thrusters. The boat/sub carries 525 gallons of fuel, and burns 34 gph…

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World’s First Luxurious Personal Submarine, from Aston Martin and Triton

Are you getting bored with the same-old, same-old, cruising on top of the water day after day? After all, anybody can do that. But now, for about $4 million, you can cruise under the water, down to 1,650 feet, in Project Neptune, the world’s first luxurious submarine. Brought to you by Aston Martin (think James Bond) and Triton Submarines, the new sub holds three people and can go 3.5 mph underwater. Announced at the recent Monaco Yachts Show, the sub has silver, blade-like pontoons and an acrylic bubble so passengers can enjoy the view. Aston Martin says the interior will…