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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 [...]
Bulgaria 2011 – A tale of two RIBS
A tale of two RIBs
As divers we all like to explore new dive locations so when it was suggested that we run a trip to the Black Sea in Bulgaria the places were snatched up. The itinerary fuelled our excitement with promises of a jet aircraft, a Russian submarine, German landing crafts, torpedo boats, a [...]
Late May Bank Holiday trip to Plymouth
After moving the annual club trip to early May and Portland last year, it was decided to wait until slightly later in the season when it would be warmer and to go back to Plymouth this year. So the late May Bank Holiday saw a mad-dash down the M5 by a good number of K&E [...]
Another Wreck Located
Last Saturday saw a flat clam day with the sun making brief appearances. Ideal conditions to speed out towards the edge of the shipping channel and locate a wreck that we had not dived before. The Nyon looked like an ideal target given she stood up so high and was well suited to the [...]
It’s Easy When It’s Easy
RIB Trip from Newhaven 17/04/2011
I looked on the RIB schedule at the clubhouse. The Doctor (John), Mariusz and I, that’s all! One cox and no dive manager. Dean was probably still stuck in a Malaysian airport somewhere, Dave had ‘family business’ to attend to and Chris Hunka was just busy! Then Kevin mentioned that he [...]
The Season Begins
The 9th and 10th April saw the RIB diving season start in style. Glorious sunshine, 4 to 5 m underwater visibility and some great company all made for a fantastic weekend. Two of the old faithful wrecks were dived to dust the kit off safely (The Lancer II and the City of Brisbane). Of course [...]
Congratulations New Boat Handlers
Congratulations to Kirstie Mitchell, Iain Richardson and Jim Molyneux who all completed their Boat Handling course on Sunday 27th March. The practical introduction to boat handling was held at Newhaven using the club boat Sea King on a day that was far too calm to get any bad weather handling experience. All are now keen to [...]
The Portland Homage
As is tradition, we aim to find the worst weather and the coldest time of year for the simple purpose of testing our metal. Unsurprisingly we have all forgotten what it was like last time ………….