ADVERTORIAL
Into the blue Once seen as avant garde, it is now a reality to go where no man has gone before with the technological advance in personal submarines
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hen we first promoted the idea of small submarines on yachts at the 1993 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, industry leaders would walk by our booth, smile and shake their heads. To say the idea was perceived as being a bit avante guard, is a kind description. Fast forward 22 years and many of those same people come by the booth today with serious questions about integrating a luxury deep submersible on board a client’s yacht. Clients are now requesting that designers, consultants and shipyards look into the possibility of submersible ownership on their behalf, and this is largely driven by other owners raving about their experiences aboard their private submersible. An owner that wants to be a hero to their family and friends needs do no more than purchase a Triton sub and have it integrated aboard his or her yacht. Want some serious market differentiation in the charter market? Buy a sub. When you dive into the deep Cerulean blue of the ocean you should keep in mind that for the most part, no one before you has been underwater in this location. As you dive more than 10 times deeper than a SCUBA diver can manage, with very few exceptions, you can be assured that yours are the only human eyes that have ever gazed upon this place. The potential for discovery is amazing. You can explore tropical coral reefs teeming with sea life of all types. Dive to famous shipwrecks, or discover new ones. Seek out the amazing plethora of seamounts that cover the globe and are often home to as yet undiscovered species. Set up an expedition to carefully visit hydrothermal vents, “black smokers” and see, in that alien landscape, the birth of new ocean crust and the complex biological communities fueled by the chemicals dissolved in the vent fluids. And you do all this in perfect comfort and safety. The interior of your Triton is kept at one atmosphere (e.g. surface pressure) at all times,
so you feel no pressure changes. It’s air conditioned and just like sitting in your living room. And statistically, ABS and GL classed submersibles have a perfect safety record, making submersible travel the safest form of transportation in the world today. Not long ago, off the coast of Japan, a Triton 3300/3, was the platform that, for the first time in human history, allowed scientists to set eyes on the elusive giant squid underwater. Filmed for 22 minutes at depths from 680 to 930m, that footage and more formed the basis for amazingly successful television specials by the BBC, NHK (Japan) and the Discovery Channel. That same Triton filmed several segments of Shark Week as the Triton owners encountered giant six gill sharks, megamouth sharks and the strange goblin shark. That Triton is diving in the Galapagos Islands now, after trips to New Zealand, the Solomon Islands for a bioluminescence study, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Micronesia and the Great Barrier reef in Australia for dives with Sir David Attenborough. Other Tritons made the first dives ever in Antarctica, dove on the HMS Britannic in Greece and explored the waters of such places as the Maldives, Thailand, Tahiti, Malta and the Bahamas. Triton Submarines LLC of Vero Beach Florida has 14 different Triton models on offer that dive to depths from 305 to 11,000m and seat from one to eight passengers. The Triton crew has over 350 years of dedicated civil submarine experience and has operated over 80 different submersibles making our group 10 times more experienced than any of our competitors. Tritons are easy to operate, simple to maintain, and come with unprecedented 24/7 support from the factory. For more details Tel: +1 772 770 1995 or visit www.tritonsubs.com ONBOARD | AUTUMN 2015 | 61
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