Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Does my bum look big in this?


New mystery man spotted at a Dive Master trainee session. Be afraid be very afraid!

Trip to Portland

With the viz in the Solent about 1m, some of the club members decided to have a little trip to Portland. We 'teamed up' with Fathom and Blues who looked after us a treat.

The first dive was on the Countess of Erne with viz of about 7m and water temperatures a balmy 11 degrees. Second dive was a drift at Durdle Door; viz was about 5m with a 2 knot current.

Unfortunatly due to a misjudgment in breaking distances Phil had to 'team up' with the AA to recover his car on the way home!!! Nice!

Monday, April 16, 2007

Wednesday Night is Pool Night!

Wednesday pool night is back on for all club members!

Come and use St Edmunds pool whether it be for testing out your new kit, refreshing those rusty skills, the use of the pool is free on a wednesday evening from 8-9pm.

Pop in to the shop or give us a call to reserve your place as spaces are limited.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Speciality of the Month!

Search and Recovery!

There are still spaces on the Search and Recovery speciality this weekend!

A challenging adventure that will enhance your navigation skills as you learn how to find that mask that inadvertantly 'fell' overboard. Find out about planning search and recovery dives and learn how to use lift bags to retrieve sunken objects.

A speciality suitable for all levels of divers.

Only £129 for club members for the whole weekend.

Call in to the shop to pick up your manual

Lights, Cameras ....... and Action!

Hollywood here we come. Triton provided actors and equipment for some in water and underwater filming for Discovery Chanel at the weekend. The filming was for an episode of "True Heroes" about a group of fishermen in Florida who rescued some people from a car after it crashed into a river. Naturally the 5 club members and staff who volunteered could not miss the opportunity to fly over to Florida to rub shoulders with the stars .... ah, yes, it might well of happened in Florida, and the local footage was taken a few weeks ago, but on this occasion we just need a lake where we can dump a car and stage some rescues. ..... So Horsea lake will be fine! Ok, so Horsea was not exactly Florida as far as film locations go, but with a few special effects I'm sure you won't know the difference. The day was full of luvvies and darlings, cries of "where is my trailor", "I cant work in these conditions" and "I am an actooooor dont you know". With Ian hamming it up so much he needed to be reprimanded for over acting, and Julie's big moment resulting in something that you will probably see on a TV out-takes in a few years it was a day of fun. Far from just hanging around in the background, the guys were all very much in the action. I have posted some images from the day in the gallery and there are a few in the slide show below .... and will let you know when the programme goes on air. Bunch of posers!