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12/22/2021

01/22/2021

Congratulations to the team at U-Boat Worx

U-Boat Worx is delighted to have been recognised as one of the top ten most innovative companies in The Netherlands.

Every year, entrepreneurs from Dutch small and medium-sized businesses compete for a place in the prestigious Chamber of Commerce 15th Annual (KvK) Innovation Top 100 Awards.

The Awards were conducted online in the presence of King Willem-Alexander. U-Boat Worx was awarded 9th place out of 100 companies.

The ranking gives a representation of the innovative power of SMEs in the Netherlands. All nominees have been judged in terms of impact for the industry and society, originality, realised turnover, and growth potential.

Bert Houtman, Founder and Chairman of U-Boat Worx, said, “We are proud of the performance and dedication of our team of experts at U-Boat Worx, who work hard to realise our mission to make the oceans accessible to everyone. We are delighted to be recognised by the Top 100 Innovation Awards.”

“We would like to thank our valued customers and suppliers who believe in us and make it possible to develop and innovate on a daily basis. This is a very important milestone, and well-deserved recognition for the entire U-Boat Worx team.”

01/06/2021

Experience totally unobstructed, almost 360-degree underwater views from a crystal clear acrylic bubble - one of many outstanding features of the remarkable U-Boat Worx Cruise Sub 7 submersible.

Image taken prior to COVID-19 of a dive in “Scenic Neptune”. Hopefully the passengers of the luxurious “Scenic Eclipse” discovery yacht will be able to enjoy the magnificence of the underwater world again in 2021.

12/25/2020

12/17/2020

In a game-changing move for submarine tourism, Florida-based luxury submersible company Triton Submarines has delivered the first six-person acrylic-hulled submersible.

10/15/2020

09/22/2020

Check out the 3300/6 Triton Submarines. 😎

This is fitted with one of our most powerful thrusters the Model 8020 which produces a maximum of 550 lbs of thrust.

09/02/2020

Triton's 6 passenger sub is looking good with those 8020 thrusters. 😎

Triton 3300/6 enjoying the sunset before a night swim.

08/11/2020

A recent recipient of the prestigious Red Dot Design Award, U-Boat Worx’s Nemo is world’s smallest and lightest submersible.

07/21/2020

The 87-metre expedition yacht OceanXplorer in action on the North Sea where her sophisticated research systems are being put to the test.

07/21/2020

Congrats U-Boat Worx

U-Boat Worx is delighted to announce that their new NEMO submarine has won a prestigious Red Dot Award for design excellence, as well as being recognised as "best of the best" in their category - the competition's top distinction."

07/17/2020

Like Father Like Son: In 1960, Don Walsh dove nearly seven miles down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. this year, his son, Kelly, repeated the same unique dive.

07/11/2020

06/20/2020

Sixty years after his father did it first, Kelly Walsh dives to the deepest point in Earth's oceans.

06/11/2020

UMBRA, the only Yacht Support in the world with two submarines on board, seen here slaloming the South East Asian rock formations.

05/21/2020

To everybody who enjoyed finding out a bit more about submersibles from somebody who has first hand experience, here is Capt. Les Annan's 'Sub Blog' - Part 2, (all images in the Sub Blog posts ©Les Annan):

Sub Blog #2

Okay, so I should say that this is only my opinion and I have only done 123 sub dives as pilot. I do not work for Triton and I only know this sub, this brand and this model. There are lots of different sub programs out there and my hat is off to Alucia as they have a major program with pilots with over 6,000 dives and two Triton 3300 subs! Triton has several pilots with thousands of dives.

Anyway,

Navigation:

The sub has
2 x analog depth gauges
An electric depth gauge
One altimeter (depth under the sub)
One gyro compass
One magnetic compass
Forward scanning sonar

An RDF (Radio Direction Finder).
So, for those that don’t know, before GPS there was RDF. Yes, I am that old! With RDF you could find a FM or AM radio station plot the bearing to the antenna. For example, you could plot the bearing of a station in Miami and a station in WPB and then fix your position. If the sub was on the surface and in fog, the sub has a transmitter and the big boat has a handheld receiver that will show the bearing to the sub.

Corrected GPS. This is sent down to the Garmin in the sub from the surface tender and is corrected for the difference of the position of the surface tender and the sub.
The surface boat has tracking on the sub and knows where it is.
And if none of the works you can “blow a bubble” and the surface can see it.

That all being said I really don’t use any of it. I do keep an eye on the compass, but I navigate the same way I scuba dive. I have done over 6,000 scuba dives and I just use the terrain just like you would in the woods. Note all the different corals and the terrain and find your way back.

There are two types of dives, static and drift.

Static:
This is when the big boat anchors and the sub goes on a dive and returns back to the big boat. This way the guests can be changed out and I can get out of the sub and stretch, eat and use the bathroom.

Drift dives:
When the water is too deep to anchor the sub just goes off in a direction and does not have to worry too much about navigation as all the boats are just drifting.

Axis is a “dynamic positioning 2” boat so drift dives are easy.

Of the two I prefer static as then I can come back to the big boat and get a drink and use the bathroom. On a drift dive, I have to dehydrate myself for the day and sit in the chair all day. I have gone from 0700 to 1800 sitting in the chair and not using the bathroom all day. I might do 6 to 8 dives in a day.

When the sub is ascending it holds at 10 meter and waits on the “surface officer” to clear the surface of boats.

To be continued….

05/19/2020

For all of you who might wonder about the intricacies of keeping and operating a sub; Triton has been given permission to re-post the 'Sub Blog' - a first hand account from Captain Les Annan onboard the superyacht Axis. He is also a certified sub pilot and operator of the Triton 3300/3 MKII submersible that they have on Axis. Here is his experience of what it is like having a submersible onboard, Part 1:

Sub Blog #1
Since the sub is back I thought I would share some info on it.

The Sub itself
the Triton 3300/3 goes to 3,300 feet with three people (pilot plus 2) for up to 96 hours (no toilet on board, LOL). An average dive is 2 hours to maybe 150 meters or more. Yes, I have been to 3,300 feet a few times. It takes about an hour each way to get to 1,000 meters. The sub is all metric (as it should be, get over it).
It is inspected by ABS (American Bureau of Shipping). ABS over sees everything about the sub and tests the system yearly and me. The sphere has been tested to 1,500 meters and is about 5" thick and takes a year to make. The sphere is not "bolted" to the sub frame but is just sitting there so it can compress. The sub weighs 8,000 Kilos! No problem for the crane on Axis it lifts 18,000 kilos. When the sub is underwater and "neutrally buoyant" a diver can push it with one finger. There is a lot of safety gear on board from food to a water maker. more on that gear later. I drive from FTL to WPB ever day and I feel much safer in the sub at 1,000 meters than on I-95!

The hatch,
it weighs 120 kilos and is spring loaded and easy to open. Rule, Close hatch then dive, the order is important! LOL, Triton has a safety that will not let you open vents to dive unless the hatch is dogged.

Tracking,
There is no "tether" to the surface but I have comms all the time. The surface sends down a corrected GPS signal to the on board Garmin plotter. The surface has "tracking" on the sub at all times with the surface laptop. There is a forward scanning sonar that paints a picture of what is ahead of the sub. You have three depth gauges and one Altimeter (distance to bottom). The sub is "flown" from an iPad connected by Wifi to the sub (no, there is no internet!)

Comfort,
The is a great air conditioning system, makes it very comfortable inside. Even in the Arctic you need the AC on.
One awesome stereo that sounds great!
Big custom leather seats. The sphere is large so you do not feel cramped with three people in it.
The view starts from under your feet to the hatch and all around. Once underwater the view is amazing.

Safety,
Safety is huge with Triton and I must say the after market support from them is like no other vendor I have. I can call anyone one of them and they will walk me through any issues I might have. We have a huge stock of spare parts and custom tools on board Axis and I can and do fix most of the things right on board.
There are 5 ways to ascend the sub and only one needs power.
You do not need power for life support or to ascend.
Rule, never go "under" anything, never go "in" anything. The only thing you need to worry about is man made things nothing in nature will bother you.

To be continued......

05/08/2020

U-Boat Worx is proud to announce the latest addition to its submersible range: The NEMO


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