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1/9/00 Stoney Cove with a difference The 3rd June started much like any other day when you plan to go diving at Stoney Cove. Steve picked me up bright and early and with Stan already in the car we set off for a days diving. On arrival we parked up and walked down to the bottom to survey the site. First dive of the day was planned to be Stan's last Dive Leader assessment with Steve acting as the casualty. The second was going to be recreational. Dive one went well with Stan passing the assessment, well done Stan but when I unzipped my dry suit I found my upper torso was quite wet. By the time it was time for dive 2 I was already quite cool and decided against the dive, leaving Stan and Steve to dive together. Somewhat disappointed not to be diving I walked down to the quay to see what was going on. From a distance I could see quite a lot of old diving equipment and pumps and on closer inspection discovered that the Historical Diving Society were down for the day. I got chatting to Phil Thurtle a member of the Society from Grimsby, who told me something of the history of diving and how the equipment worked. During this time a number of people were kitted up and allowed a short dive in the 6m part of Stoney. By this time Stan and Steve were safely back from their dive and they encouraged me to have a go. Initially putting on the suit was a bit like putting on a normal dry suit except the neck seal was just a collar with a number of holes in the seam. That was the easy part as I soon discovered as first a metal ring was fitted with bolted to the collar. Next the boots were fitted, each weighing 18lbs and bound very tightly around my legs. Loosing these apparently would leave me upside down and make diving a bit interesting! Next up were the weights, hung over my shoulders, one on my chest the other on my back, each weighing 45lbs. The general use of the equipment was explained including the intercom enabling the surface crew to speak to the diver and back. Please mind your language I was told as everyone around could hear you. My turn arrived, the Siebe Gorman helmet was fitted and I was helped to me feet. Phew, what a weight! With assistance I shuffled to the ladder, turned round and slowly, very slowly, made my way down. Loosing my handgrip on the ladder would not have impressed the audience. Once on the bottom things felt a little lighter and strange. No DV but I was breathing! I began to walk out towards the drop off, making sure the rope and hose did not snag on anything. I had been warned not to go too near the edge but there was no way I was going to go to 20m, not on my first dive at least. You walk leaning slight forwards and looking around was not easy with such a heavy helmet and a small window to look out of but I saw some fish and a couple of divers watching my every step with curiosity. On the return journey to the ladder you need mind your rope and hose, again avoiding snags and minding this time you do not trip on them. The climb up the ladder was tough as the weight gradually hits you. Lifting the boots up, one rung at a time was tricky but with the top rung being very shallow I needed to by-pass it and go for the quayside but no matter how hard I tried I could just not make it. So with a helping hand behind my knee I was guided back on to land. Another shuffle and I was back on the bench. Did I enjoy it? I certainly did and would do it again if I had the chance. Will I ever complain about the weight of scuba gear again? Not after this experience. To think not so long ago divers daily used this equipment to do their job. I take my hat off to them, my hard hat that is! Many thanks to the Historical Diving Society and in particular Phil Thurtle for this wonderful experience. Mark Peters Lincoln and District 109 17/7/00 PRESS RELEASE Do You Own A Wreck The British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) launches a new service for members from August 1st where they can lodge copy documents of bills of sale for wrecks with the Membership Department. Andy Gradwell of the BSAC Council urged all Branches and members who own a wreck to use this facility and said all that is needed is for owners to send photocopies of bills of sale addressed to: Trina McDonald Membership Department The BSAC Telfords Quay Ellesmere Port Cheshire L65 Stating their name, address, membership number and Club. This scheme follows recent events were a branch was asked by the Receiver of Wreck to prove ownership of a wreck the branch had owned for years. With the passage of time and changing membership the documentation had been lost. To prevent such incidents occurring in the future the Receiver of Wreck asked the BSAC to look at simple systems that would prevent such events occurring in the future. 15/6/00 Neil Holden 9 Shipston Hill Oadby Leicester LE2 5PS Tel : 0116 2720856 Email neilholden@breathemail.net I am writing to inform you of a charity event I have organised at Guildenburgh Water during the weekend of 16th/17th September this year. In March of this year, my mother died of cancer at the age of 52. During the last few weeks of her life, she was cared for by nurses and staff at the LOROS hospice based in Leicester. This hospice specialises in the caring for, and pain management of adult patients who have a terminal illness. LOROS is a registered charity (No 506120), and relies on the vast majority of its funding to come from charity events and donations just to keep its doors open, and be able to offer the wonderful care and support to patients and families that my family and myself received. I now wish to do as much as I can to raise money for LOROS, as my way of saying 'thank you' for a wonderful facility. I am a keen diver, of over ten years experience; I am currently the Diving Officer of DEL MAR BSAC 312 based in Leicester. I am a qualified Advanced Diver, Club Instructor and Advanced Nitrox diver. The plan is to run a 24-hour Dive-a-thon. This will consist of a team of eight experienced BSAC divers, all working in pairs to dive to a maximum depth of 6 metres for a total of one hour at a time. This will be for a total dive time of 24hrs. This would mean each pair completing 1hr in the water and 3hrs out for sleep and refreshments. We will be completely self-sufficient providing everything we need for the event. We are also providing qualified first aiders, O2 administrators and rescue managers to act in an emergency if the unlikely happened. To add to safety, I have secured backing from a company who will be able to offer us underwater communication; we will have diver-to-diver communication as well as diver to surface. We also have a lot of helpers and volunteers who will be in the position to provide refreshments and back-up for the divers taking part in the event. The Directors at Guildenburgh have gone out of their way, not only to let us use their centre but they have agreed to let us use their facilities on site, free of charge to assist us with the event. As you can see this is a worthwhile event, raising money for a very good cause. It will also raise the profile of divers, in particular BSAC divers. We are now hoping to publicise this event as much as possible, to gain as much awareness about the event and also to raise as much money as possible!!! I would appreciate it if the BSAC could give as much support and help as possible to help us achieve our aims. This could come in the form of advertising, publicising and general backing for the event. We would also be very glad of any donations/sponsorship from a large organisation such as the BSAC. If you need any more info, or want to contact me regarding the event please feel free. For your information, I have already spoken to Peter Church, our Regional Coach and he is aware of the event. I look forward to hearing from you as soon. Neil Holden 12/6/00 New page! check out if you are too fat to Dive Body Mass Index Derek 7/6/00 Fancy helping to run the Association? Commitee Members required at the AGM on 5thJuly. Derek 4/6/00 Just back from the Farne Islands, viz very good, water temperture 10° C, but weather could have been better. Derek 27/5/00 I am organizing a dive trip to Scapa Flow for the last week of July 2000, and I have 2 places left over (due to drop outs!!). I was therefore offering these to any other association divers that would be interested. I have chartered a live aboard boat (m.v. Sunrise) for the week commencing 22nd July until 29th July inclusive. This offers 6 days diving with 2 dives per day. Included in the price is 1 x 12Ltr steel cylinder, all air for the week, and lead weights. It does not include any of the meals, However breakfast can be booked at an extra cost. The company has its own web site, so information about the boat, wrecks etc can be gained from there. The address is www.sunrisecharters.co.uk It is intended to dive some of the deeper wrecks in the flow, so places will have to be limited to experienced sports divers or above Costs for the trip: Boat accommodation and diving = £200 (if 12 divers) Breakfast = £40 for the week (optional) Ferry crossing Scrabster to Stromness (£32 per foot passenger) Transport at cost divided equally. If anybody is interested can they please contact me on the phone numbers below Home (01205) 820493 after 7.30 pm Fred Clarke Boston Sub Auqa Club 22/5/00 The Dive Leader lectures were held yesterday at the Moorlands Club, a total of 11 students attended. The course debrief revealed that the lectures were really enjoyed by all, by the end of the day though students were a little comatose having sat all day taking in a large amount of information. The students wished their thanks to be forwarded to the Instructors who lectured, the Association and Paula for organising the course. The students will now go back to their respective clubs and have a workshop with their DO / Training Officer for a recap of any subjects, then take their exam. Good Luck to you all ! 20/5/00 Well the Dive Magazine finally hit the doormat and we have a full page on the expliots of the Lincolnshire Association, its on page 36 but I am sure you spotted it Nice touch having the Logo on the page heading, only two things concern me, it mentions the Instructors page which is now combined with the Courses page, and it mentions a chance to buy a T/Shirt from the site! For those who wondered where the photos came from and why they were chosen the answer is that they were taken from a selection asked for by Dive magazine who specifically asked for above the water photos, and out of the dozen sent they chose these three, now just because I am in all three, just shows what good taste they have! Signed copies are available for a nominal fee! PS. Of course with all publications you have to be aware of the errors and guess what, they left the dash out of the email address.aahhhh! 14/5/00 I was unable to dive today but did go to meet Phil Hill in Farndon this morning to see what the project is about. The initial work this weekend was to do a general survey of one of the areas of the Trent in the hope to find some evidence of Roman remains. I am pleased to report that this may have been achieved at the first site but is to be confirmed by those who know about these things. I left at lunchtime with the afternoon objective of using a friend's boat to follow a diver carrying a video camera so that a Archaeologist in the boat could see the bottom and some of the stone work found. Other sites are to be searched at a later date, Phil will let me know when, and eventually if sufficient evidence can be found then it is hoped with the aid of grants to be able to set up a thorough search of the sites recording etc the findings. If you are interested in following this project or better still being involved then please let me know and I will in the mean time set-up a mailing group for those people. Regards Mark Lincoln & District BSAC The Roman Bridge at Farndon 11/5/00 Main Objective: To trace Roman Bridge remains in river trent and survey and record them Site Location: Farndon (River at N/E end of village (Kirks Bay) Site conditions, depth, current: About 3 to 5 metres, poor visibility and up to 3knots Shore or Boat cover: No boat cover at present as the long promised retubing of our rib is still not complete. If anyone can bring a rib or inflatable for safety cover that would be excellent. All diving will be done from the bank. (Circular searches). Divers will be roped to shore for safety. Please bring short rope with carabina to attach your equipment to the search line. Number involved: about 10 people to date but all welcome. Skills level of divers required: Any diving grade welcome. Conditions will dictate who dives centre of river - less experienced - work in shallows and at bank side,or providing support for divers First outing is this Sunday, but maybe Saturday as well, I'll let you know when I find out, 9:45am at Phil Hill's home in Farndon. I have directions for those interested. Regards Mark |
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