Shark Attack: The Seabreacher X
It's like Deep Blue Sea, only scarier: a two-seat submarine that looks, dives and jumps like a great white.
If you want to pull a prank on an unsuspecting couple lazing beachside, you could plant fake crabs in their picnic basket. Or you can ride a Seabreacher X and guarantee that said couple will never spend another day within 100m of the ocean.
It’s a submarine that looks like a shark. With a length of 5m, the diving machine is almost identical to the great white monster, armed with a dorsal fin, sneering smile and rows of treacherous teeth. But the real boner is that it swims just like a mother-friggin’ shark.
The 260-horsepower supercharged engine allows the watercraft to dive underwater, roll from side to side and jump about 4m into the air. Think of it as Jaws on Red Bull.
Underwater, the two-seater is equipped with a snorkel-mounted video camera that transmits faces of terrified onlookers to your LCD screen for your demented pleasure. And there’s an on-board stereo system with iPod docking, so you can play Marilyn Manson’s Mechanical Animals while you force that fat kid in a dinghy to paddle harder.
Whose idea was this, and can we bow down and worship you? Turns out this is the brainchild of Rob Innes and Dan Piazza, boat-builders with a penchant for the unorthodox. If you want a diving machine in the shape of a dolphin, they have a model just for you. We think that’s too subdued. With the Seabreacher X, it’s time we send Speedos and grandmothers in bikinis into oblivion where they belong.
Engine: ROTAX 1500cc, 4 stroke engine. Power: 260hp. Speed: 80km/h (surface), 40km/h (underwater). Length: 5m. Price: Around RM201,700. Info: seabreacher.com
From the April 2011 issue of FHM India.
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