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I did apply for the position of ROV Tiburon pilot once, but like so many other very technical loosers I have a hard time writing resumes and cover letters, by time I got something together than wasn't a complete joke the position was filled. ;-(

Imagine going to sea and playing video games all day, but it's real, you will see things that don't have names because nobody else has seen them... Oh well.

I'll just continue building my own submarine.

The quintessential submarine adventurer has always been TinTin!

Without being disrespectful to the Free Submarines Foundation, I would like to mention the existence of this Open Source Submarines webpage.

Apparently, the Open Source developmentmodel is very suitable for building submarines. I cheer at this development. However, I still prefer free as in Willy submarines.

Not for long, if you look at this hot chick (bottom of the page).

Peter Madsen successfully operated his homegrown 1-man submarine in the harbour of Copenhagen last fall. It has been submerged for 1½ hour, and gone to a depth of 10 m.

That came on the heels of an accident where his submarine was heavily damaged by crashing into a bridge. Don't blame Peter though - it was carried on a truck! (danish)

During the test this fall the only problem was paranoid police boarding the sub (danish) to assure that Peter was not an activist intending to disrupt the EU summit.

For more cool homebuilt submarines, check out the Personal Submersables web page.