A recent visit to the beautiful Isle of Islay, provided an opportunity to undertake some land based wreck hunting. Islay is blessed with an abundance of shipwrecks around its coastline, not least because of its exposure to Atlantic storms, but also its location close to the main shipping routes to the Clyde, Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin. The … [Read more...]
Improved Scanning Capability
Recent software updates for our fish finder gizmo seem to have improved the quality of output for DownVision and SideVision imaging. Imaging collected in recent months has definitely shown improved quality and definition, in other words we are now seeing elements of man made structure where before it was somewhat fuzzy. We have shown images before … [Read more...]
Ayr Bay wrecks
A good forecast and the need to test an auxiliary outboard found us launching at Troon Marina last Sunday, to head out into Ayr Bay to dive the wreck of the motor coaster Glen Shiel, followed by the wreck of the cargo steamer SS Ahdeek off Troon. We headed south on flat calm seas with blue sky and sunshine, something we've not seen too … [Read more...]
The Real Price of Fish
This is the title of a book first published in 1991. It was written by George F. Ritchie and records the loss of around 300 Aberdeen trawlers between 1887-1961, this averages out at about four a year. This fact is even more poignant when on many occasions it was not only the vessel that was lost, but part or in some cases the whole crew. We have … [Read more...]
First Dive 2023
First dive of the year was last Sunday. With beautiful conditions on the surface we broke a thin sheet of ice as we left the berth in Kip Marina, glad I had my dry gloves with me. Dive plan for the day was the wreck of the mighty Akka off Dunoon, followed by dives further south on the Wallachia and in Wemyss Bay. We arrived on site in blazing … [Read more...]
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