Lots happening in the Musandam!
This comes to you from the not-so-sunny UK where I’m spending a couple of weeks. The diving goes on regardless and the dhows were visited last Friday. Mike tells the story:“Due to a couple of unforeseen events our numbers were depleted by four from the nine whom originally signed up but nevertheless the remainder showed […]
Diving and AGM
Peter and Cathy’s 100th dives 25 June Peter and Cathy’s 100th dives on the 25th took place in the Wanderers pool because of the blowy weather condition. Not quite what we had in mind but Peter was good enough to organize a BBQ for the occasion and this was washed down with some Bollinger I had […]
Karen’s and Suitcase Dhows
The 21st Back to Friday diving after last week’s Saturday trip. First stop was Karen’s dhow, the objective being some hand-made copper nails holding the rudder together. We’ve already got some of these in the club but to get the rest meant using a lifting bag to get underneath. This was achieved with a bit of effort […]
East Coast, Jumbo & Neptune
23 AprilThe weather relented so we went out to the Jumbo and came back with not just one but two anchors that might come in handy one day. The viz was pretty good too. Not so lucky with the dyslexic dhow which we couldn’t find. The area seems to have been dredged – there was […]
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26 MarchThe weekend of the 26th we all (well 5 of us) headed for the Dara for a net cleaning operation. A lost purse (since recovered) and hence lack of ID resulted in Cathy (and me) having to get on board from Hamriyah beach instead of the quay side. Wet before we started but at least […]
Diving in between the rain…
29 October Last week’s problems with the coastguard seem to have been resolved (thanks Sami) which is good news as the UHF locator they wanted us to install is a seriously expensive bit of kit. Thanks go to Brendan for doing the nitrox course last Tuesday. Nitrox 32 which we mix at the club is […]
Karen’s Dhow, Anchor& Sheikh Mohammed’s Barge and Dolphins
30 JanuaryBrendan ran an East Coast Dive on the 30th. He says:“The East Coast trip was a fantastic, camping on Friday’s moonlit night was excellent and it wasn’t cold at all. Saturday diving was at the Car Cemetery, which was quite disappointing for marine life, and also a strong current (as expected). After this we […]
highs and lows of 2011
December 2009
No Christmas dive this year due to partying – what about for New Years? Friday 18th: Mike took a boat back out to Karen’s dhow to find the missing anchors. They returned with one of them – no doubt the other one will be found eventually! They did another dive on the suitcase dhow where the viz […]
November 2009
We celebrated the Eid holiday by taking a trip to Oman. The destination was Sur which is the most easterly point of the Arab world. It’s 200km south of Muscat and quite a trek. Things were not helped by the world and his wife seemingly making the same trip resulting in horrendous queues at the […]