While these wonderful submarines are very different in their designs and approaches, one thing they all have in common-price! These are hyper-expensive machines affordable only to multi-millionaires and, more likely, billionaires. How affordable? Well, we’re talking about $1.3 million, but at least that includes certification and a training course, so it’s a real bargain! So, in a weird way, this might be the private sub with the most “affordable” cost of ownership. The personal submarine has controls that are closer to flight controls, which are, of course, meant to match the “hydrobatic” abilities of the vehicle.Įven if you aren’t rich enough to afford a superyacht to go with your personal submersible, the HiPer Sub 2 can be towed by car and launched from a marina. U-Boat Worx has sought full certification for their subs at an international level, which means they’re as safe, in principle, as a commercial sub. Taking a sub to such depths would make me pretty nervous, so it’s good to know that there are some modern safety features in this hot little submarine. The HiPer Sub 2 can dive as deep as 100 meters, which is insane, and goes to show how far commercial recreational submarine technology has come. The HiPer Sub 2 has seating for two, so if there is someone special you want to impress the pants off of, this is the sub to do it in. You don’t have to enjoy this by yourself either. That includes rolling, looping, vertical ascent and descent, and some pretty steep turns. In terms of maneuverability, it has virtually full-3D movement on tap. The top speed of this submarine is about 6 knots, which is very nearly seven miles per hour. U-Boat refers to their sub as the “ultimate sports submarine”, referring specifically to how fast and maneuverable it is. If the Neptune is aiming to be the submersible equivalent of an Aston, the HiPer Sub 2 from U-Boat Worx seems to be aiming for the Ferrari market, based on its looks alone. These are really some of the most incredibly watercraft luxury toys ever made! Yet you still get a view of underwater life you can’t get even with glass-bottomed yachts. It only cruises a few feet below the surface. Unlike a true personal submarine, this machine doesn’t have a ballast system to let it dive to depth. The X model is a two-seater, in case you want to have someone screaming in your ear as you push its 260 hp engine to the limit. However, they more or less all do the same job-racing under the water’s surface, diving down, and then rocketing you through the air as it breaches the surface: There are currently three models of Seabreacher: X, Y, and Z. That’s certainly no accident, as the idea behind this marvelous machine is to give you a neck-snapping ride at high speed-rolling and diving in the water. Made (if you want) to look like a shark or an Orca, the inside of a Seabreacher is reminiscent of a fighter jet cockpit. There’s some debate as to whether these vehicles from Seabreacher count as “submarines”, but they definitely aren’t boats. The focus is on safety, and Aston/Triton is aiming to make this the safest craft of its type. Most personal submarines only have room for one or two occupants, so that that’s pretty good. The press material refers to it as a “three-person”, “deep diving” submarine, so if you pilot this submersible yourself there’s room for two more passengers. There’s not much technical info about the sub at the time of writing. Aston says there will be three designs, so you can pay your money and make your choice. Yes, it’s pretty much an Aston supercar on the inside. I seriously doubt researchers and explorers can justify this ultra-luxury machine over the more spartan submarines they’ve been using this whole time. It’s probably that last category of people that they are really hoping will buy new toys for their yachts. In partnership with Triton, which is a well-respected maker of submarines, Aston Martin wants to sell the Neptune to “researchers, explorers, and superyacht owners”. Aston Martin makes some of the most gorgeous supercars in the world, but with Project Neptune they are certainly heading in a new direction-the ocean depths!
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