It was all thanks to (and the fault of) my Father: when I was a child, he used to take me to visit all the Military and Civilian ships that docked. He worked at the Coastal Radio Station and knew those seafaring men, until little by little I became one of them. Then came Nautical School and my first boarding at 16, I crossed the equator at 17, and finally attended the Navy's Non-Commissioned Officer School where I discovered diving, and since then I haven't stopped.