A South Surrey man who, as a boy, spent a chunk of his school years sailing the world, has taken his education to a deeper level, competing for submarine honours in England.

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Jaryd Middleton, now 21, is a pilot on a 10-member University of Victoria team B次元官网网址� the UVic Submarine Racing Club B次元官网网址� at the (eISR) underway in Gosport.

The fourth-annual event B次元官网网址� which wraps up tomorrow (Friday) B次元官网网址� challenges students to B次元官网网址渞ace their human-powered submarines against the clock around a demanding slalom course in a unique sporting and engineering challenge,B次元官网网址� according to the event website.

The students had to design and build a vessel that is neither watertight or pressurized, with room for just a pilot inside. They could be innovative, as long as the pilot was fully enclosed within the machineB次元官网网址檚 hull, and was the only source of propulsion power.

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Middleton, who studies mechanical engineering at UVic, was surprised by how comfortable he felt inside the sub.

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His mom Marilyn described the opportunity as B次元官网网址渁 pretty amazing thing.B次元官网网址�

She is confident the sailing the family embarked on B次元官网网址� which took them as far as Malaysia when her son was 11 B次元官网网址� has contributed to his success so far. His background includes competitive swimming and water polo and more than nine years of scuba-diving experience. HeB次元官网网址檚 also a lifeguard.

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