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UNDER THE SEA 

A famed Hollywood filmmaker has bested an equally famous celebrity explorer as well as an underdog submariner in a race to be the first explorer of the ocean deadliest trench in half a century.

 

JAMES CAMERON VS. RICHARD BRANSON

James Cameron plunged about seven miles to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific ocean, where temperatures near freezing and the bone-crushing pressure is one thousand times greater than that at sea level.

Photograph of James Cameron in a green and black submarine that is sitting on the deck of a boat. He is wearing a black beanie hat and a black short-sleeved t-shirt.  He has a white beard and a huge smile.

James Cameron, submarine, National Geographic

 

FIRST RACE

In January, we profiled the epic attempt by three teams of modern-day explorers to reach the ocean’s deepest point – the first attempt in over 50 years. 

 

SECOND RACE

Cameron, the director of Avatar, Titanic and The Abyss, was up against British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, owner of the 32 meter (111 foot) luxury yacht charter vessel NECKER BELLE.  The third team was headed by Patrick Lahey.  Lahey and his team, Triton Submarines, were heavy underdogs to their wealthy competitors.

 

CAMERON COMMENTS

Speaking after the dive, Cameron described the ocean bottom as a “completely alien world” – similar to the surface of the moon. 

It was a “very lunar, very desolate place. Very isolated,” Cameron said.

 

COMPANY PRESIDENT COMMENTS

Jana Sheeder, President of 1-800 Yacht Charters weighs in on this epic challenge.  She believes in accomplishing bucket list items while on yacht charter.

“How often do you get an opportunity to explore the bottom of the ocean? I don’t mean via reality television shows provide this option. I mean, charter a yacht and take the onboard submarine below the surface of the sea. It’s an amazing experience.”

 

RENT A YACHT AND HAVE AN ADVENTURE

Plan your own adventure aboard Bahama yacht charters motor yacht MINE GAMES is one of the first charter vessels to carry an onboard submarine as part of the yacht’s watertoy inventoryContact 1-800 Yacht Charters at https://www.1800yachtcharters.com/book-now-contact-us/ to schedule your luxury yacht charter.

 

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Underdog Races Celebrity Yacht Owner Into Ocean

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Underwater photograoh of a yellow Triton submarine with two people inside of it. It is headed toward the right side of the photo.

Triton Submarine

JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

It sounds like the plot of a Jules Verne science fiction novel – three teams of intrepid explorers are locked in a race to reach the deepest depths of the ocean.  Each team is scrambling to build and launch a high-tech submarine capable of withstanding a dangerous journey seven miles straight down to the bottom of the sea.

 

UNDER THE OCEAN

It’s a landscape of pitch blackness and freezing cold temperatures – an abyss where strange, pale-colored sea creatures dart between the rocks.  The dangers are immense – the pressure is so great that a human would be instantly crushed into a small clump of flesh and bone.

 

REAL LIFE DRAMA

But this story isn’t science fiction. It’s the real-life drama of the race between three teams to reach the sea floor of the Mariana Trench, the most isolated and extreme environment on Earth.

Photograph of Sir Richard Branson on the deck of catamaran Necker Belle. He is standing with his arms wide open and smiling at the camera. The yacht is aimed toward the left side of the photo.

Sir Richard Branson on Necker Belle catamaran


TEAM MEMBERS

Two of the teams are headed by famous celebrities with deep pockets and an unending quest for adventure. 

First team is led by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.  He owns 32 meter (111 foot) luxury yacht charter catamaran NECKER BELLE

Second team lead is Hollywood filmmaker, James Cameron.  Cameron, the director of Avatar, Titanic and The Abyss has already pumped $10 million into his sub.  Its design is a closely-guarded secret.

Third team is the underdog.  Led by Patrick Lahey.  In a novel or movie, Lahey’s character is Everyman.  He is the little guy with the big dream and the courage to take on bigger, more powerful foes.

 

WHO IS EVERYMAN LAHEY?

Lahey is president of tiny Central Florida company Triton Submarines.  The blue-collar diver and his band of submariners are heavy underdogs to their wealthy competitors. But if they can dive their uniquely designed sub to the bottom of the trench before Branson and Cameron do, they’ll be heroes. They also hope to persuade the reality television producers of the Deadliest Catch to film the whole race, in which case Everyman Lahey and his team might even get rich.

Lahey’s motivation, however, is not money.  His dream is to open the deep sea to thousands of people. Triton plans to take tourists two at a time to the trench, and Lahey hopes to sell the transparent-hulled subs to mega­yacht owners around the world.   Bahama yacht charters motor yacht MINE GAMES is one of the first charter vessels to carry an onboard submarine  as part of the yacht’s watertoy inventory.

“We’re interested in getting more people to give a sh** about the ocean,” Lahey says. “The future of our species depends on it, yet 95 percent of the ocean has never been explored. It really is the last frontier on Earth.”


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