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I had a phone conversation with Bruce Jones a while
back, and he tried to make it sound like only classed sub are allowed to operate
in the U.S. waters. Of course we know that unclassed subs have a range to
currently work in. But he didn't want to hear that. I guess some
just want subbing to be a very very exclusive club. I had also heard
that in some busy harbors the Coast Guard wants you to file a dive plan, and get
clearance. Like was done when the S101 was diving in the Seattle area. Have you
guys heard about the below data, and is there a statute I can
reference?
"In most countries, including
the United States, it is illegal to commercially operate a sub not built to
classification standards and operated without a valid class certificate.
In the U.S. it is at the discretion of the
U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port at so whether to allow private home-built
or non classed subs to operate without paying passengers in U.S
waters.
Submersibles that are not classed by
any classification society cannot be insured and they cannot legally carry
passengers for hire. Small, inexpensive submersibles like those sold by U-Boat
Worx fall into this category."
Page 13 For more info on Triton: http://www.tritonsubs.com/files/triton-brochure.pdf
There is also quite a bit of data on the Triton subs in this new PDF
brochure that is interesting. I found the U-Boat Worx comments to be a bit rude.
But maybe that's just me. As is turns out Bruce Jones lives just minutes from
me. How crazy is that.
Regards,
Brent
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