BSAC 406 Legacy
About TimeWhen Geoff Taylor left the UAE in 2011, he left behind a couple of books of dive reports which give a comprehensive account of the club’s activities between April 1980 and March 1984. Allen has just completed the task of scanning the documents which are now available as pdf copies. The files are too […]
Birthday Dive – Neptune and Tug – May 2019
Welcome One and All, I’m happy to report that we managed to go diving at the weekend as at last, both weather and circumstance conspired in our favour. We headed out to the Neptune on the basis that if we could get there, the visibility would be better further offshore. The sea was a bit […]
Honey Moon Seychelles Style
And so to recent diving. Not too much around here lately but Peter, Connie, Brigitte and I have just returned from the Seychelles which was a very nice trip indeed.Initially at least, we stayed on Praslin island which involves an hour-long catamaran journey from the main island, Mahé. Perhaps even more than Zanzibar, the lush […]
Zanzibar Dive Trip Plan For Eid – August 2019
The Plan is to dive Mafia island which is just south of Zanzibar. Eid Al Adha this year is predicted as follows:Saturday 10th August – Arafat DaySunday 11th August – EidMonday 12th August – EidTuesday 13th August – Eid Therefore logically, we are looking at flying out on Friday 9th August, 3 core days of […]
Oman Dive – April 2019
Welcome All, Slight delays over the last month or so with Dive Log updates. Members have been overseas on holiday or on business. It was nice however to visit the Musandam again. It rained quite a lot which was more than welcome in these dry hot climes. There were 17 divers in total from various parts of […]
Congratulations To The Newly Weds – BSAC 406 Style
Weekly Update – ‘The Wind’s Are’a Changin’
Last weekend was the day of almost diving. An overnight thunderstorm wasn’t exactly encouraging but the forecast was reasonable for mid-morning, so we decided to give it a shot. The Coast Guard mentioned to us that “waves are very high”. Having got this far, we thought we’d go and have a look but we only […]
Paty Oldenburg
Paty Oldenburg’s funeral was held on Monday in Hamburg. Mike attended on behalf of the Dive Club and Peter organised some flowers. Mike sent the following:Really nice ceremony in Hamburg for Pati Oldenburg. I did not understand the 12 minute speech in German by the Pastor but afterwards there was a slide show put together […]
From Stormy Sharjah Seas To The Turks & Caicos Islands
Welcome All, There was a slight technical hitch with this email last week. Anything addressed via a btinternet server bounced back at me as “potential spam”. Leaving aside the wicked libel, I have rejigged these addresses into a separate group (there’s only five of them) and hopefully this may solve the problem. The weather precluded […]
Report From Diving Officer Doug Fontaine
As former Dive Officer of the Club can I ask a favour? If you feel so minded, I’d be most obliged if you could send out the below request with your next newsletter. Commercial fish farms are using noise generators here in Scotland to scare seals from their fish pens. We need to protect our […]