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After a look at the list of UKRS dives, most are at 35m+ depths, and dived
by the vastly experienced UKRS group!

With the possible thought of arranging a UKRS dive for "first time" UKRS
divers some time next year - can anyone suggest some simple coast/boat dive
sites, down to about 22m (i.e depth of Stangarth at Stoney - so within reach
of most divers), as a start to the research.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:10:10 GMT, dixit "John" <John@spam.net>:

>With the possible thought of arranging a UKRS dive for "first time" UKRS
>divers some time next year - can anyone suggest some simple coast/boat dive
>sites, down to about 22m (i.e depth of Stangarth at Stoney - so within reach
>of most divers), as a start to the research.

Portland Harbour. There have been quite a few UKRS dives there, IIRC.
What about Chesil, over the way from Portland? Lulworth? Swanage Pier?

G'wan, why not organise a trip yourself? There's no weird initiation
ceremony...

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In article <SCZib.7121$Kh5.62139637@news-text.cableinet.net>,
John <John@spam.net> wrote:
>After a look at the list of UKRS dives, most are at 35m+ depths, and dived
>by the vastly experienced UKRS group!
>
>With the possible thought of arranging a UKRS dive for "first time" UKRS
>divers some time next year - can anyone suggest some simple coast/boat dive
>sites, down to about 22m (i.e depth of Stangarth at Stoney - so within reach
>of most divers), as a start to the research.

James Egan Layne out of Plymouth.

Bayguatano (sp?) Out of Lyme.

Both in 20m.

Gordon

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:29:44 +0000 (UTC), dixit "Nigel Hewitt"
<nigelh@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk>:

>> With the possible thought of arranging a UKRS dive for "first time"
>> UKRS divers some time next year - can anyone suggest some simple
>> coast/boat dive sites, down to about 22m (i.e depth of Stangarth at
>> Stoney - so within reach of most divers), as a start to the research.
>
>We do a couple every year. Perhaps the problem is that you
>don't get the knack of organising a trip until you've moved
>on to wanting to do the more exotic stuff.
>
>Try anything marked 'Portland' on the previous trips list
>which is almost always OW limits (15, 17 and 20m last time)
>even if some people are diving twinsets and rebreathers,
>oh and, how could I forget it, Icebreakers!

I hate to be pedantic, but Stoney's not a "coast/boat dive site"...

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"John" <John@spam.net> wrote in message
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> After a look at the list of UKRS dives, most are at 35m+ depths, and dived
> by the vastly experienced UKRS group!
>
> With the possible thought of arranging a UKRS dive for "first time" UKRS
> divers some time next year - can anyone suggest some simple coast/boat
dive
> sites, down to about 22m (i.e depth of Stangarth at Stoney - so within
reach
> of most divers), as a start to the research.
>
>
>

I'll start a new thread tomorrow evening.

Those who wish to shore dive and have a look at the fish, rather than look
at some old ship that lost a fight.

Chesil,
Branscombe
Babbacome,
Seaton,
Abbotsbury,
and at a push, Portland!!!

Expect a UKRS trip to be organised in the near future for those who wish to
se fish etc etc.
Hopefully they'll one day wanna look at the deep stuff.
But if not, then they can stick woth me and explore the shallow areas, and
we can annoy the VSC's together!!!!

Tricky

ferret wrote:
> "Nigel Hewitt" wrote:
>
>> oh and, how could I forget it, Icebreakers!
>
> I hate to be pedantic, but Stoney's not a "coast/boat dive site"...

Simon. If you are expecting me to stay exactly
on topic, word by word, you are going to make
people think you are new here.

nigelH

> After a look at the list of UKRS dives, most are at 35m+ depths, and dived
> by the vastly experienced UKRS group!
>

Have a look on the "Who's Who" DB that Jason hosts. Some of the more Vocal
NG posters aren't quite as experienced as you would have thought. (Vastly
experienced in Usenet maybe) Quite a few only have a few hundred dives.



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> With the possible thought of arranging a UKRS dive for "first time" UKRS
> divers some time next year - can anyone suggest some simple coast/boat
dive
> sites, down to about 22m (i.e depth of Stangarth at Stoney - so within
reach
> of most divers), as a start to the research.

Farne Islands. Typical depths are 15-20m if you stick to seals, scenics,
drifts and the more broken wrecks. There are wrecks at the stated 35m+ and
also some much deeper gas dives - but you don't have to do them!!

Cheers
Matt.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:47:47 +0200, mattD wrote:

> Have a look on the "Who's Who" DB that Jason hosts. Some of the more Vocal
> NG posters aren't quite as experienced as you would have thought. (Vastly
> experienced in Usenet maybe) Quite a few only have a few hundred dives.

There's very little correlation between being vocal on the newsgroup and
going on UKRS dives. We've got some people who have been attending the
dives for years, have organised their own trips, but have never posted to
the newsgroup.

Jason

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:47:47 +0200, "mattD" <zip@norway.no> wrote:

>
>
>> After a look at the list of UKRS dives, most are at 35m+ depths, and dived
>> by the vastly experienced UKRS group!
>>
>
>Have a look on the "Who's Who" DB that Jason hosts. Some of the more Vocal
>NG posters aren't quite as experienced as you would have thought. (Vastly
>experienced in Usenet maybe) Quite a few only have a few hundred dives.

Let me be the first to say I know f**k all. I am just some idiot that
decided to start diving one day and managed to pick up a few morsels
of information on the way

Laz

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