{"id":117,"date":"2020-01-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsac406.weebly.com\/dive-reports\/hello-2020-revisit-to-the-dhow"},"modified":"2020-01-22T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T09:00:00","slug":"hello-2020-revisit-to-the-dhow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bsac.zelta.me\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2020 &#8211; Revisit To The Dhow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"height:20px;overflow:hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"836104296749337345-slideshow\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:20px;overflow:hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsite-video\">\n<div title=\"Video: dhow_2020_829.mp4\" class=\"wsite-video-wrapper wsite-video-height-226 wsite-video-align-center\">\n<div id=\"wsite-video-container-183095471521785744\" class=\"wsite-video-container\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"video-iframe-183095471521785744\" src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><font color=\"#2a2a2a\">Welcome All.,<\/p>\n<p>\u200bCaveat; Spelling mistake in the video above &#8211; at least I got the correct year I think&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>\u200bAnyhoo&#8230;&#8230;..below is this week&#8217;s log from our DO Ian Hussey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy New Year to everyone, now that it\u2019s upon us.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/font><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><font color=\"#2a2a2a\">With the festivities out of the way, I can pronounce the 2020 diving season up and running. We\u2019re still a bit short of numbers but four is enough<\/font> for a dive and Nick, Allen, Cara and I were all anxious to get back in the water. Having established last time out that Karen\u2019s Dhow still existed, we decided to give it a proper visit.<\/p>\n<p>First things first though. SP312 needed more cleaning than normal after a few weeks on dry land and all four tyres on the trailer needed some air.&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">Also, although we didn\u2019t discover it until the boat was launched, the steering needed a top-up of hydraulic oil. As soon as the boat was in the water, the soggy steering was apparent but after some discussion we concluded we could get out and back without too much of a problem and sort it out back at the club. Thus, we set off slower than normal and on a slightly erratic course out to the wreck, which we anchored at the first time of asking. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">No complaints about the conditions: it was a neap tide, the current was virtually nil all day and the sea state, not high to begin with reduced to almost flat calm by the time we had finished. It is however, emphatically now wet-suit weather. I was just about OK in a 3mm but 5mm is probably best.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u200b<br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">Karen\u2019s Dhow is not a huge wreck and it\u2019s fairly broken up and flat; if you want the excitement of deep wreck penetration, then Karen\u2019s Dhow is not it. It does however have some nice fish life and it was good to dive something fairly unchallenging after a few weeks off. Nick and I were first down the line and found the anchor close to the engine block. There were some barracuda circling above us and swimming round, we saw snappers, angel fish, batfish, bannerfish and one medium size hammour. There were also a lot of silver fish whose name always escapes me. (Cara told me, but I\u2019ve forgotten again). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">I picked up a glass plate which was the dhow\u2019s main cargo of which there is an almost inexhaustible supply. Allen and Cara also came back with some glassware and also a crab that had become entangled in some nets. Allen spent about twenty minutes on the boat with knife and scissors, cutting it free. Gloves were necessary as the ungrateful little sod had a tendency to use its freed claws to attack its rescuer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">It did at least give me a chance to tell the joke about the prawn and the crab:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight:400\">Lady prawn to gentleman crab, her fianc\u00e9:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><em><span style=\"color:rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight:400\">Oh Crab, how wonderful to see you walking forwards, not sideways like you normally do. You\u2019re doing this just for me!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight:400\">Crab:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><em><span style=\"color:rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight:400\">Shut up, I\u2019m pissed.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">With sincere apologies for that, we move on to the Mariam Express. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">The Mariam was a cargo ship that went down in 2005. It was a fabulous dive for a few years until a winter storm resulted in it punching through the hard but thin upper strata into the goo below. Much of the internals of the vessel are now inaccessible as a result you can still swim through the cargo hold and there are still coffee sets to be had for anyone who\u2019s interested. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">Last time on the wreck there were some eagle rays swimming around and we were naturally hoping for a repeat. In this we were disappointed but in compensation, a turtle seems to have taken up residence in an opening on the hull side. Nick and I spotted it, but it was still there when Allen and Cara went down for a look. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">After that it was back to the club for a couple of refreshments. Sadly, Davidson didn\u2019t get to join us as scheduled as he was out hiking but perhaps next time. He and his wife are due to meet up with a few 406 exiles in London next week and no doubt a few photos will be headed this way.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">Joining BSAC:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">New members to BSAC can join Sharjah Wanderers Diving Club via the website, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsac.com\/membership\/select-branch\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\">https:\/\/www.bsac.com\/membership\/select-branch\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"> . If you enter Sharjah, the club appears. Existing BSAC members can renew by logging into MyBSAC or using this link, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsac.com\/membership\/rejoin-today\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400\">https:\/\/www.bsac.com\/membership\/rejoin-today\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight:400\">Join BSAC and claim your free dive! 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