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 乌鸦传媒� the UVic Submarine Racing Club 乌鸦传媒� at the (eISR) underway in Gosport.

The fourth-annual event 乌鸦传媒� which wraps up tomorrow (Friday) 乌鸦传媒� challenges students to 乌鸦传媒渞ace their human-powered submarines against the clock around a demanding slalom course in a unique sporting and engineering challenge,乌鸦传媒� 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 machine乌鸦传媒檚 hull, and was the only source of propulsion power.

The UVic team dubbed their craft 乌鸦传媒楥hinook.乌鸦传媒� According to the club乌鸦传媒檚 Instagram posts, it reached speeds of at least 4.4 knots.

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 乌鸦传媒渁 pretty amazing thing.乌鸦传媒�

She is confident the sailing the family embarked on 乌鸦传媒� which took them as far as Malaysia when her son was 11 乌鸦传媒� has contributed to his success so far. His background includes competitive swimming and water polo and more than nine years of scuba-diving experience. He乌鸦传媒檚 also a lifeguard.

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