Nemo 30
Entry Level Passenger Ship
Entry Level Passenger Ship
Intended for a new marine startup, the Nemo 30 provides a low cost vessel to start your new tour company. She includes several key features that mean you can build her anywhere. No need to find a dedicated shipyard. Any fabrication shop familiar with aluminum welding can create this ship.
Once built, load it on a freight truck and transport it to your local marina. To launch her, you only need a travel lift, normally found in any marina. Once floating, the vessel expands and assembles in the water. You only need a few tools and some extra help. Then she’s ready for a season of earning you profits!
Casual Hangout
Stylish but Lightweight Furniture
Cocktail Party
Empty Deck - Dancy Party
Sightseeing Tour
| Passenger capacity | 25 Pax + 2 crew | ||
| Engines | 2x Suzuki DF 50A
100 Hp total (74.6 kW) |
||
| Electric capacity | 900 Ah (10.8 kWh) house battery +
2x engine starter battery Sufficient for 8 hours on battery alone |
||
| Tankage | Gasoline:
Fresh water: Sewage: |
109 gal
79 gal 113 gal |
413 L
299 L 428 L |
| Length overall | 33.6 ft | 10.25 m | |
| Beam | 13.3 ft | 4.05 m | |
| Draft | 22.5 in. | 0.568 m | |
| Displacement | 21,750 lb. | 9.87 MT | |
| Design speed | 9.2 knots | 10.5 mph | |
DMS is business focused. We designed the Nemo 30 around creating a profitable business. Within only two (2) years, you earn enough profit to payback the ship purchase cost. After five years, the Nemo 30 generates a healthy profit, ready to grow your business.
The table below compares vessel profitably, showing a successful business plan.
| Passenger Bookings: | Full Time Service | Weekends Only |
| Loan payback period (6.5% APR) | 5 year | 5 year |
| Average monthly revenue | $32,800 /mo | $20,600 /mo |
| Average gross profit
(After operating expense and loan) |
$20,700 /mo | $8,600 /mo |
| 5 yr gross profit (cumulative) | $795,000 | $66,000 |
| 20 yr gross profit (cumulative) | $4.90M | $1.98M |
Vessel designed for construction at any local metal fabrication facility. Minimal equipment needed. Build it anywhere in the USA and truck it to the service location.
| Construction Cost1 | $415,000 |
| Engineering Cost1, 2 | $82,300 |
| Total Cost | $497,300 |
| 1. All cost estimates based on current prices for 2025.
2. Engineering cost depends on specific terms and conditions, including non-exclusive design license. |
|

We work side-by-side with you to create a vessel that meets your business’s goals and stands up to the unexpected
With experience across commercial vessels, yachts, ferries, barges, and specialty craft, we bring real-world maritime context to your business model.
At DMS, we design vessels with the worst-case scenario in mind, so you can feel confident even when the waters get rough.
Ship designs tailored to your mission. Engineering that advances profits.

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
AcceptLearn moreWe may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.
Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.
We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.
We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.
We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.
Google Webfont Settings:
Google Map Settings:
Google reCaptcha Settings:
Vimeo and Youtube video embeds: