Teams Registered

The following teams have confirmed they will be participating in the 2014 competition.

	Team	Submarine	Registration Status
1	École Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada)	Archimede VI	Confirmed
2	Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany)	TBA	Confirmed
3	École de Technologie Supérieure (Canada)	TBA	Confirmed
4	University of Auckland (New Zealand)	Taniwha	Confirmed
5	University of Michigan (USA)	TBA	Confirmed
6	University of Warwick (GB)	HPS Shakespeare	Confirmed
7	University of Washington (USA)	TBA	Confirmed
8	Sultan Qaboos University (Oman)	Sultanah II	Tentative
9	University of Delft (NL)	TBA	Tentative
10	University of Portsmouth (GB)	TBA	Confirmed
11	University of Plymouth (GB)	TBA	Tentative
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Eligibility

The eISR is open to teams of University students and alumni. All members of the team must be over 18 years of age at the time of the race. All divers must be amateurs, in the strictest sense of the word (i.e. they may not be paid to take part in the racing activities - this includes professors/advisors/technicians, even if they're on holiday! They may take part in the race, but they may not enter the water.)

Diver Qualifications

Team members wishing to dive must be over 18, and qualified to dive independently (i.e. without an instructor) by an internationally recognised dive training organisation. The following table - which is not an endorsement by the race committee of one standard over another - indicates what the Race Committee will deem acceptable. If you have a different qualification, please contact us ahead of time so that it can be evaluated.

Organisation	Minimum Team Member qualification	Minimum Dive Leader qualification
BSAC	Ocean Diver	Dive Leader
PADI	Open Water Diver	Divemaster
NAUI	Scuba Diver	Divemaster
CMAS	1 Star	3 Star
NASDS/SSI	Open Water Diver	Dive Con
SDI	Open Water Diver

In addition to proof of their qualification, divers will have to provide evidence of having completed a minimum number of logged dives (number to be advised - stay tuned), and they will have to complete a waiver and a medical questionnaire similar to the ones required by the various training agencies.

From a purely diving perspective, the eISR will operate in a manner similar to a diving lodge. The Race Committee will be providing air fills, advice on diving conditions, and rescue divers. Each team will however be operating under its own certification organisation's rules and procedures for recreational expedition diving. Each team will therefore require a suitably qualified Dive Leader (see table above for equivalences), and a Safety Officer. No member of the team may be paid to be there - all divers must be purely recreational.

The Dive Leader must be "competent to lead a dive team." This person will supervise the team's actions during the race, either from the surface or underwater, as required by the team's certifying organisation's rules. Under PADI rules, for example, the Divemaster may choose to lead from the surface or underwater, whichever seems most appropriate to him or her. The Dive Leader needn't be a permanent member of the team - a suitably qualified member of your local or university diving club would be perfectly qualified for the role. There is some room for negotiation on this aspect, so if a team is having trouble finding a suitably qualified individual, please get in touch, and we'll work with you to find a solution that works for everyone. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS SORTED OUT BEFORE YOU GET ON THE PLANE - ONCE YOU HAVE ARRIVED ON SITE, IT WILL BE TOO LATE

Teams will also be required to provide a Safety Liaison Officer on the surface to provide oversight and liaison with the race coordination. This person must be "competent and knowledgeable in the diving being conducted and the operation (deployment, handling and use) of the submarine," but does not need to be a qualified Dive Leader/Divemaster.

Note: Anyone who is paid to be part of the team (e.g. academic advisors) will not be able to dive in QinetiQ's facility. This is due to UK legislation governing diving at work.