20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The Diving Thread
Re: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The Diving Thread
Speaking to some that have dived it, there are apparently issues with tricky currents too.
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Re: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The Diving Thread
For tricky currents the Sound of Mull is a hard one to beat, or even the Farne Islands. I'd be interested to know what went wrong in this case - a fiver says it was a breather issue.Speaking to some that have dived it, there are apparently issues with tricky currents too.
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Re: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The Diving Thread
Well, it is over 3 years since I wrote those words and, just to prove that 59 isn't too old, I dived the Naxos Beaufighter last Friday. A stunning dive and the fulfilment of all that I hoped to do when I first took up diving.mtskull wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:28 pmThere's also a nice one in the sea off Naxos, so I understand; right side up and all there. Must dive that one before I get too old....quicksilver-wsr wrote:The Beaufighter is a rare bird indeed. Anyone who'd like to see one without diving off Malta can do so at Scotland's National Museum of Flight, at East Fortune airfield near Edinburgh. Nigel
Second dive of the day was the MV Mariana, a bulk carrier run aground in 1981, allegedly in an attempted insurance scam. Her stern section lies at a max depth of 24 metres with her mast just breaking the surface, making for an interesting multi-level dive.
Here are a few photos; blame the dive master for the diver rather than the wrecks being the main subject matter and yes, I am the fat, bald one with the snorkel....
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Cracking pic's. One day I'll be a diver again. That made me all nostalgic...
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Re: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The Diving Thread
What you doing on a Saturday morning, before “shop”
I may be getting my first go on a breather this weekend !
I may be getting my first go on a breather this weekend !
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Boo! had to re register due to my old email be closed.
so how was your rebreather dive Richie?
so how was your rebreather dive Richie?
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Amazing Sally ! thank you so much for taking the time to give me a try of it,
Lots to think about when using it, and that's before gas switching comes into play (or what ever you guru diver types call it).
what I did love was the fact all you hear is the solenoid firing behind your head, the air you breath is warm and moist rather than dry and cold, and although it is bulky on the surface, it seemed ok to wear / fly.
currently really enjoying being back in the water, but I am sat waiting for my ears to implode again and stop the party.
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Sally took some pics of my unorthodox diving style whilst we were looking at the slipway yesterday hahaha.
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You look like a proper diver - except for the shot where your torch is pointing in the wrong direction... 
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Re: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The Diving Thread
You look like a proper diver - except for the shot where your torch is pointing in the wrong direction...
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
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