I Do like to be beside the sea :-) April 7, 2006
Posted by onthetrain in : Scuba Diving , trackbackWell, it took a while, but the club diving season finally got off the ground tonight.
To be honest when I checked out the forcast this lunchtime I would have bet good money that tonights dive would be binned. In the event we decided to meet at the boat and see how it looked. At 4PM we had strong winds and hails tones like golf balls I still didnt think we would get out. I decided to take a chance and put my kit together anyway.
At about 5PM, the clouds broke, the wind dropped and by 6.05 we were on our way out the Betsy Anna in Poole bay.
This season one of my clubs (I’m a mamber of 4!!) is doing a lot of it’s diving of Richard Styles New boat ‘Sha King’. It’s big, its modern, its very fst and it has a lift 
It looks a lot like this
With 12 Divers onboard it was a bit crowded, especially as almost everyone had decided to bring their twin set’s (for a 25M dive). It was easy to tell it was the first dive of the season as there was kit everywhere, what a mess. We eventually got sorted and at 7.30 were dropping into the cold silty water.
Skipper Richard had shotted the boiler so My buddy Hoj and I turned towards the bow and had a very slow and leisurley bimble around. Vis was only 2 metres, but it was pleasant enough when you avoided the other divers :-) There was a surprising amount of life about and amazingly quite a few fish fry in the 8 degree water. We spotted a few nice crabs and Lobbies. I’m not above taking a lobster for the pot, but tend to leave them alone at this time of year. We had anticipated just doing a 20 minute bimble, but in the event stayed for 35 minutes before bagging off and surfacing at 42 minutes. Whilst in the water the wind and tide had got up a fair bit, making getting back onboard entertaining, even with a lift. I’m bloody glad I didnt have to climb a ladder.
The run back was very entertaining in a deteriorating sea. I love watching other divers throwing up
So we are up and running, my 19th dive of the year, but my first of the 2006 club season.
Bring it on. Next dive Tuesday
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