en.Wedoany.com Reported - The 7th European International Submarine Race (EISR) will take place from June 29 to July 10, 2026, in Gosport, UK, with 12 university teams from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Taiwan (China), Singapore, and India approved to compete in the finals. The event organizers will provide each participating team with a set of site safety and logistics specifications, allowing teams to design their submarines' shape and layout independently, provided they can demonstrate safety.
Participants will compete over a 200-meter course at the QinetiQ Ocean Basin facility in Haslar. The QinetiQ Ocean Basin is the largest freshwater tank in Europe, featuring a course that includes two timing gates, a sharp turn section, and a slalom segment, with increasing difficulty each time. Each submarine is human-powered and entirely designed and built by university student teams. The submarines must operate safely at depths of 3 to 6 meters and achieve neutral buoyancy.
The submarines will be fully flooded, with pilots breathing through scuba systems, requiring pilots to be certified divers. Each submarine's pilot will have their feet fixed to pedals, using only muscle power to drive the propeller or other propulsion systems. Steering is achieved via joysticks and mechanical or electromechanical control systems operating the rudder and elevators. Not all team members need to be divers, but each team must have at least four divers (including the pilot) to comply with race rules. In terms of qualification requirements, all divers must hold an independent diving certification (e.g., PADI Open Water Diver) and have completed at least 10 dives after certification. Each team's primary diver must have accumulated 20 dives after certification.
This year's race will be co-hosted by QinetiQ and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology. The EISR has been held biennially since 2012, and the two-week event will be live-streamed at www.subrace.eu.
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