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This is going to be a bit briefer than some of these reports because there isn’t much to report. With a lot of divers still getting over the New Year hangover and some others still out of the country, the board looked distinctly empty last Tuesday. The weather was also looking a bit unfriendly although […]
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2011
There was no diving last weekend with most people otherwise engaged over the holiday period and the weather not looking over promising either. This does give me a bit of space to reflect on the highs and lows of 2011. The low was without doubt the “perfect storm” back in January. Surfacing from a dive […]
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After a patchy record of late, it was good to get back in the water again albeit with a few problems along the way. Thursday night was Janette and Ken’s barbecue at their place in Ras Al Khaimah and very good it was too. We all had a few “beverages”, in some cases a few […]
6-9ft waves
another attempt at wreck X
While your scribe was taking a day out playing in the Wanderers 5-a-side football competition – lost 1, won 2 then lost in the quarters if you’re interested (thought not) – Mike was taking a boat out to have another go at “Wreck X”, a wreck in the direction of the Taha but another 18km […]
Locating Wrecks without GPS!
After last week’s roller-coaster, we might have expected an uneventful dive but it didn’t quite work out like that. Towing the boat down to Umm Suqeim 1 for a trip to the Zainab, the boat must have been a bit too far back on the trailer and hence a bit unstable. Heading towards the Galadari […]
John Dories near anchors
Hi all! Last Friday could easily not have happened. The forecast was 1-2ft onshore, 1-3ft offshore but there was reason to doubt this before we even left the harbor as the wind seemed to be whipping up. Sure enough, once on the water we had second thoughts about the Mariam Express and headed instead to the […]
Karen’s Dhow and Bigprop
Hi all! A word from Jim about Marion’s progress: “Marion is improving day by day. She has much better mobility in her arms, legs and torso – but still has weakness generally. She is receiving phsiotherapy and Sara, Alex and myself are now trainee physios!!!! She is quite talkative, but memory remains an issue, both short and […]
Anchored to a fishing pod
Hi all! Last Friday could easily not have happened. The forecast was 1-2ft onshore, 1-3ft offshore but there was reason to doubt this before we even left the harbor as the wind seemed to be whipping up. Sure enough, once on the water we had second thoughts about the Mariam Express and headed instead to the […]