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Scuba Santa dive report by Shaun Steward
On Saturday 17th December, at the crack of dawn, five hardcore divers ( David Allen, Darren Zikmund, Chris Knight, Jo Kelly and myself) set off for a Christmas dive weekend. The first destination was NDAC (‘national diving and activity centre’) near Chepstow. We crossed the Severn bridge and achieved our goal of staying in [...]
Outboard & boat maintenance
There isn’t a lot going on in January, so do any of you boat handlers and new diver coxn fancy joining me at Crawley BSAC on 23rd Jan to do the Outboard and Boat maintenance course? If you intend using the RIBs next year it would be a bit embarrassing if the engine broke down [...]
Diver upgrades – congratulations
Congratulations to Kevan Tulip and Dean Mitchell who have been awarded the grade of Dive Leader
Congratulations, New Grades achieved
Well done to Esma Williams who has achieved her Sports Diver grade
Well done to David Allen (Posh Dave) who also passed his Sports Diver grade
Wraysbury Rescue Skills success
We had a productive day at Wraysbury on the 19th. Mariusz Isydorek, Leanne Collinson and David Allen were to attempt SP1 – Diver Rescue. This is a tough drill and it isn’t easy to pass, nor should it be as if you are ever in the unfortunate position of needing rescue, you want to know [...]
Wraysbury ‘Rescue Day’ success
We had a productive day at Wraysbury on the 19th. Mariusz Isydorek, Leanne Collinson and David Allen were to attempt SP1 – Diver Rescue. This is a tough drill and it isn’t easy to pass, nor should it be as if you are ever in the unfortunate position of needing rescue, you want to know [...]
Congratulations – New grades achieved
Congratulations to Dorothea Klinge who achieved Ocen Diver grade and Jake Wright who passed his Sport Diver. Well Done
Phenomenal Plymouth
Flat calm seas, great visibility, blue skies, hot sun and basking sharks. Yes, if you had been one of the lucky crew who come on the club bank holiday trip to Plymouth this year you would have had a great time.
We were staying in the Mountbatten Centre which offers basic but comfortable accommodation however the [...]
Great news about Club RIB diving
The RIB season has got off to a flying start and a lot of members have had a great time diving from RIBs. SeaKing, our new RIB, is proving an enormous success, it’s bigger, faster, more comfortable and, surprisingly, a lot cheaper to run! We have also negotiated a better deal for launch fees.
With reduced costs I [...]
Newhaven RIB diving – start of season
On Saturday 4th April seven hardy divers went for the first RIB dive of the season on Britvic. We planned to find a wreck, the Devon Coast out of Newhaven which we had not been dived before by the club and follow this with a shallowish drift dive.
For two of the party , Gail [...]