Underwater exploration will soon be as easy as taking your jet ski for spin.
But the price tags, size and weight of the underwater craft have kept most potential buyers away from ownership. You have to be a billionaire and own aUntil now. UBoat Worx’s new Nemo is creating a fresh niche, first by designing a smaller sub that’s owner operated, and secondly by dropping the price to just over a million dollars—or at least half the price of any other personalNemo was designed for simple operation, so the first buyers all plan to pilot their own mini-subs.
Nemo will be compact, with roughly the same footprint as two jet skis. Heijdra says that the lower price and smaller size make it accessible to more than “the rich and famous,” because it’ll fit on smaller yachts, say above 100 feet in length, and its 5,500-pound weight can be towed, though you’ll need a serious truck.UBoat Worx came up with the concept to build a sub-compact sub 15 years ago to “make the ocean accessible to everyone,” but Heijdra says the world wasn’t ready for the idea.
The owners who have purchased the first Nemos will operate the submersibles themselves, as opposed to having their yacht crew serve as drivers. Even though UBoat Worx simplified Nemo to keep costs down, the interior retains a luxurious look, with black trim and leather seats, and small LCD screens for navigation. “We streamlined the engineering to make it super easy to operate,” says Heijdra. “We followed the helicopter world when it comes to maintenance, with digital logs that are sent directly to a server so we know when it’s time to service it.
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