Important update from BSAC

To all Kingston & Elmbridge members

BSAC has issued an update on their stance re the use of a “hog looped” long hose where the primary regulator is donated to an out of air diver.

The full text of their update can be found here:

http://www.bsac.com/page.asp?section=3201&sectionTitle=Clarification+statement+on+Alternative+Supply+training+and+going+diving&preview=1

If you use a long hose which is hog looped then please read [...]

2010 Dive Trips

To all Kingston & Elmbridge members.

Over recent years it has become apparent that there have been a number of dive trips organised over the same weekends which has resulted in it being difficult to fill all of the trips. To try and counter this I have put a year planner up on the board. If [...]

Club Trip To Portland

CLUB TRIP TO PORTLAND

MAY BANK HOLIDAY (1st, 2nd, 3rd MAY 2010)

This year the club will be running its annual club trip to Portland over the early May Bank Holiday on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd May 2010.

The trip will be split into two with 12 divers diving off the hard boat Skin Deeper and staying [...]

Surviving the Sea Survival Course

When Chris Knight asked me weather I would like to do the Sea Survival course my first thought was: why on earth would I want to do that? I’ve been on loads of boats, I have been diving in all types of sea conditions for years and I am a qualified diver Cox. Surely, I [...]

Thanks to RIB workday attendees

Thanks to Mike Ford and Dave Tresidder who gave up their Sunday morning to help out with the RIB workday. Unfortunately, as there was only three of us we didn’t get as much work done as we would have liked.

There is still a lot to do so I will be organising another workday in the [...]

RIB work day

I am planning a RIB workday on Sunday from 9am until 12pm and would appreciate help from anyone who is available.

The plan is to do repairs to both RIBs as well as giving them a thorough end of season clean and inspection.

Please let me know if you can help out.

RIB Update

 

For those of you who missed Ian Emery’s RIB update, see below:

Over the weekend we managed to get Kingston Diver finished and ready to sell. As you can see from the attached photos she has come up very well. Thanks go to David Allen, Richie Rayner, Dave Tresidder and Dean Mitchell for their help over the [...]

RIB Booking Form and Britvic Checklist

Below is a link to the booking form for the RIB and Britvic Checklist on the “Dive Managers Downloads” page. For more information, speak to the Boats Officer. 

http://www.kingstonsac.org/dive-manager-resources/

The Real Plymouth Fundamentalists

You probably heard about the Muslim Fundamentalists in Plymouth over the late May bank holiday on the news, well there were two other Fundamentalists in Plymouth that weekend which the world media didn’t hear about. Ian and Trish Emery were the real Plymouth Fundamentalists not because we wanted to blow anything up but because that [...]

2008 Dive Trips

Here are my trips for 2008. A list will be going up on the board on Thursday.

1/2/3 August – Weymouth

Diving off Dive Time and staying at the Bunker. The trip is open to Dive Leaders and above who have experience of diving in the 40 – 50m range. We will be doing wrecks such as [...]