When I was a kid, I would always sneak out at night to go to some rocky cliffs at the edge of town.

I would sit there for hours just staring at the ocean.

I would sit there wondering what was happening down there.

I would think about the creatures that reside miles deep below the surface.

It was then and there that I decided I wanted to spend my life near the sea.

But becoming a mechanic on a tiny cargo ship was not what I had in mind.