{"id":183,"date":"2018-11-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsac406.weebly.com\/dive-reports\/marian-express"},"modified":"2018-11-09T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T09:00:00","slug":"marian-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bsac.zelta.me\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Getting Crabby on the Victoria Star &#8211; Net Clearing Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsite-video\">\n<div title=\"Video: net_clearing_small_516.mp4\" class=\"wsite-video-wrapper wsite-video-height-226 wsite-video-align-center\">\n<div id=\"wsite-video-container-609012130405399295\" class=\"wsite-video-container\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"video-iframe-609012130405399295\" src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bsac406\/4_3_orig.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:90%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bsac406\/6_2_orig.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:90%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"imgPusher\" style=\"float:right;height:400px\"><\/span><span style=\"display: table;width:270px;position:relative;float:right;max-width:100%;;clear:right;margin-top:20px;*margin-top:40px\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bsac406\/5_3.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%\" alt=\"Picture\" class=\"galleryImageBorder wsite-image\"><\/a><span style=\"display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\" class=\"wsite-caption\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify;display:block;\">True to promises made, Janette and Ken and Jim Darbyshire were all at the club last Tuesday. It was good to catch up with them. Ken and Janette have now returned to the Philippines but Jim is still around and may be at the club this week.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>Also as promised, we went back to the Victoria Star on Friday to clear some of the nets that fishermen have left behind. The sea was more or less flat and the current was weak despite the spring tide although it did pick up as the day wore on. The viz was as we\u2019ve come to expect on the Vic Star recently, which is to say not very good at all but even the best viz can reduce to nothing when you start hacking away at nets.<\/p>\n<p>Polly had forgotten her wet-suit so Mike gave her his spare which was inevitably a size or three too large. It also gave rise to one of the quotes of the day. When she returned the suit after a stint of net-cutting it was covered in small sea creatures. \u201cI\u2019m giving you crabs, Mike\u201d she said, thus causing a slight pause in the conversation.<br \/>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><em>Mike and Polly \u2013 don\u2019t mention the crabs<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mike did his own bit for the day\u2019s entertainment when, after descending down the line, he decided to swim over the wreck from starboard (where the anchor was) to port (where the nets were). Unfortunately, in the poor viz he lost contact with the ship and surfaced under his DSMB after only ten minutes underwater.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all this we achieved the result we went there for. All the new nets are now cut from the wreck and no longer causing a hazard to divers or fishes. Some of the older nets we left there. These are no threat to anything and have become small eco-systems of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Those wielding the knives and scissors were Allen, Cara, Polly, Ian and Mike who gets the last word:<br \/>\u201cWhere are the Jacksons today\u201d<br \/>\u201cDon\u2019t know but they weren\u2019t diving this week\u201d<br \/>\u201cThey weren\u2019t there on Tuesday either\u201d<br \/>\u201cNeither were you!\u201d<br \/><em>[In the interest of historical accuracy, I should point out that Peter and Connie were indeed at the club last Tuesday.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great to have Mike back diving with us, particularly if he goes on providing so much material for the weekly email.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>Next weekend will be a long one on the occasion on the birthday of the Prophet (PBUH). We have no special plans at the moment but we can talk more about this at the Club over a few lemonades.&nbsp;<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>Yesterday as I write, we held the second installment of the nitrox blending course run by Saad. It was quite a long day including both classroom sessions and practical work but interesting and fun. Myself, Nick and Ben are now qualified. Thanks very much Saad for your time and effort.<br \/>Saad will be running another course at some point over the next couple of months so anyone interested, please let me know. This will be the last one for a while.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>Tim Chesher has contacted me:<br \/>This email also to advertise a dhow weekend trip arranged by a friend of friend, that I&#8217;m going on, and they have 4 spaces to fill.<br \/>Details are:<br \/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>15-17 November<br \/>Diving is with Al Marsa&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https:\/\/almarsamusandam.com\/<\/u><\/a><br \/>Basically 2 days on the dhow leaving Dibba and travelling up into the Musendam.&nbsp; Total of 6 dives (one a night dive) we have non-divers as well on the dhow, all cabins are a\/c (but sharing cabins) though most people sleep up on deck (oh and it\u2019s really relaxing as there is no mobile phone coverage)<br \/>Only proviso is you need to leave Dubai early on the Thursday to get to Dibba (traffic and border crossing) well at least by 4pm.&nbsp;<br \/>Cost for non-divers (as long as we have the full quota of 12) is 1,540aed (this includes 3 meals a day and soft drinks).&nbsp; Diving 260aed (or 440aed if hiring full kit).<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>If you are interested please contact Abigail Craske <a>Abigail.<\/a><br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>DAN insurance website: <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/\"><u>https:\/\/www.daneurope.org\/home<\/u><\/a><br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>The Dive Club meets every Tuesday night in the Dive Bar.<br \/>See you there!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True to promises made, Janette and Ken and Jim Darbyshire were all at the club last Tuesday. 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