August 2005 - Plymouth
A weekend of contrasts. An average Saturday with a stunning Sunday.
Rab Hunter's Report.
Well here goes for my first Trip Report for the World Infamous Neill’s Diving Page. What can I say? The morning of the gathering went like clockwork. All kit loaded and ready to go with time to spare.
The Buddy pairs Rob Chinnock & I teamed up for some “Quality” diving with Dave and the Amoco. Once the itinnery had been bashed out in the wheel house over a brew it was off to the Rosehill, a dive we’d done on a previous trip. Again the Skipper put us bang on the wreck and Rob & I brought up the rear of the Dive pairs.
The Shot was just off the Boilers so we headed towards the Gun Housing into a slight current stumbling over a HUGE moray eel curled up in the broken structure. After giving it the once over and a wide berth to pass it we carried on towards the gun housing, but never got that far. A quick air time appreciation led us to return to the shot. With the current behind us it took less than the time we anticipated so a grot around was had then off to the surface to discuss the size of the Moray!
Dive Two of the day saw us on the James Eagan Layne, one I’d not done before so Rob gave me a guide tour. What a quality wreck. Nicely broken up with plenty of swim throughs if you’re thin enough and gradually swimming shallow to the top of the wreck at 4m. Cheers Rob.
The Sunday brought us glorious weather and even better diving than the Saturday, all be it with an early rise. The early start gave us the travelling time to get to the Maine. Again Dave was bang on with the Shot and as before Rob and I dropped in last to find the huge hulk jam packed with some huge fish. Getting access into the wreck was no problem and the swim throughs available are huge. Exploring around the Bow to Mid-ships was our plan and what a plan. Once the inside was completed the outside was an experience to behold, all the way around til some twat with a twinset popped up out of the deep blue.
The last dive of the weekend was off Fairylands and one of Dave’s secret wrecks. A quality grot around, and off to the west for a look around the reef. A bit of liberating of those who didn’t want liberating (the dog fish was most appreciative) and with a mission to get as long as possible out of our 12’s brought us up on our longest dive of the weekend. A fantastic weekend. Thanks to all.
Rab H.
Rab Hunter's Report.
Well here goes for my first Trip Report for the World Infamous Neill’s Diving Page. What can I say? The morning of the gathering went like clockwork. All kit loaded and ready to go with time to spare.
The Buddy pairs Rob Chinnock & I teamed up for some “Quality” diving with Dave and the Amoco. Once the itinnery had been bashed out in the wheel house over a brew it was off to the Rosehill, a dive we’d done on a previous trip. Again the Skipper put us bang on the wreck and Rob & I brought up the rear of the Dive pairs.
The Shot was just off the Boilers so we headed towards the Gun Housing into a slight current stumbling over a HUGE moray eel curled up in the broken structure. After giving it the once over and a wide berth to pass it we carried on towards the gun housing, but never got that far. A quick air time appreciation led us to return to the shot. With the current behind us it took less than the time we anticipated so a grot around was had then off to the surface to discuss the size of the Moray!
Dive Two of the day saw us on the James Eagan Layne, one I’d not done before so Rob gave me a guide tour. What a quality wreck. Nicely broken up with plenty of swim throughs if you’re thin enough and gradually swimming shallow to the top of the wreck at 4m. Cheers Rob.
The Sunday brought us glorious weather and even better diving than the Saturday, all be it with an early rise. The early start gave us the travelling time to get to the Maine. Again Dave was bang on with the Shot and as before Rob and I dropped in last to find the huge hulk jam packed with some huge fish. Getting access into the wreck was no problem and the swim throughs available are huge. Exploring around the Bow to Mid-ships was our plan and what a plan. Once the inside was completed the outside was an experience to behold, all the way around til some twat with a twinset popped up out of the deep blue.
The last dive of the weekend was off Fairylands and one of Dave’s secret wrecks. A quality grot around, and off to the west for a look around the reef. A bit of liberating of those who didn’t want liberating (the dog fish was most appreciative) and with a mission to get as long as possible out of our 12’s brought us up on our longest dive of the weekend. A fantastic weekend. Thanks to all.
Rab H.
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