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The SubRacing Series Human
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Racing Submarine Class The ‘Human-powered Submarines’ Racing Class has been created to cover small, single-seater racing submarines, where all of the propulsive effort comes from the pilot.

Speed, Agility and Control

These machines are all ‘prototypes’, built by teams of enthusiasts of marine science, engineering and technology, to help them gain practical experience alongside theoretical studies of machines which operate in sea water.

It can take between twenty and forty thousand man-hours to design, build, test and adjust an electric-powered machine ready for the sea, but if it is is built correctly it can then achieve speeds of 12-16 knots underwater – or faster than a sprinting dolphin!

Main Characteristics

  • Operated by two pilots

  • Overall length may not exceed 5.5m

  • Maximum width, excluding appendages, may not exceed 2.5m

  • The maximum depth for racing is 10m, and race times may not exceed 40 minutes

  • These are ‘wet’ submarines, so the pilot uses recreational open-circuit SCUBA equipment when in the boat.

  • The propulsion of the submarine comes entirely from the pilots – with assistance from an electric motor