The folks at www.uboatworx.com in Holland just redesigned their models to 2 and 3 pax. that will go up to 100 m. deep and will be classed by Germanischer Lloyd.

The new models look awesome.

I visited the factory last year and can see the redesign means a big improvement.

There's a lot of crazy designs out there but it seems there's finally a personal sub available that's more than just a bunch of webpages with artist impressions or models that require you swim into them from below.

Check it out.

[PropBet]

Could someone please loan me ______ (insert price here) for nothing more than 'slush fund / entertainment value')

My guess is they are in the 1M range?
Didn't see prices on the site, but man, what a fun toy that would be!

[K1W1]

Hi,

These guys will probably be at the Monaco Show so I will see if I can find their stand and ask how much they are once I get a chance to wander around.

[K1W1]

Hi,

Managed to stop by these guys stand for about 2 mins today- just long enough to come right out and ask how much.

3 Seater- Approx 420,000 Euro
2 Seater- Approx 390,000 Euro

Awesome. I'll take 2. Do they take VISA? that's a lot of frequent flier miles.

thanks for that information.

Seriously, it IS a lot more serious sub then the previous model in terms of space and range. They now get to compete with the Seamagine Triump with is $ 1.5 million or so.

YOu can't go as deep but who needs to go that deep? It does save a lot of weight and space limiting the depth. Few yachts have a 9 ton crane that can handle the Seamagine.

The question is, how many deposits will the get to actually start building them.... The Seamagine is there already. Of course, hard to call it a personal sub..


Thorwald

[orion]

Maltese Falcon Submarine Test;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em6yW6lUW-4

[Marmot]

"Few yachts have a 9 ton crane that can handle the Seamagine."

The SEAmagine 2-man boat only weighs about 3.5 tons, no need for a 9 ton crane.

The U-Boat Worx boats are nice if all you want to do is be underwater or look at the bottom of waves. Placing the canopy in the middle of a large disk places your viewpoint in a position where there is no visibility downward and from side to side or ahead you can only see the hull fairing. Underwater vision is refracted so much that the bottom you can see is too far away to view anything with any detail. Paste a graphic of the boat on a representation of a flat bottom and measure for yourself how far the eye is from any bottom feature.

When you scuba dive do you like looking at stuff from 20 feet away, even in the clearest of water?