Off to the Redsea next week

[TimberWolf]

Looks a lot better than Swanage pier, where I did most of my open water diving.

[To BI or not to BI?]

Enough talk of snow (I'm not on it till Jan...)

My hotel next week....

http://www.scuba.co.uk/Travel/Red_Se...on/Typhoon.htm

Oh, and let us know how the trip went. I have been thinking of a liveaboard for a while now...

[To BI or not to BI?]

If you had any sense, they've been mandatory for a long time (esp. in Red Sea where some operators are a bit lax).

Trouble is, if you haven't been trained to use one they can f*** you up if you get it wrong. So there might be a few more bent Russians turning up.

Edit: Enjoy your trip BTW.

Just get EPIRBs. Not to expensive nowadays. Probably the next bit of equipment I will invest on. Have a great time Cojak

[Diver]

Take me with you , pleeese

[cojak]

Ah wow that looks amazing!!!!

Do you have all your own gear then?

Is it a good workout going on a holiday like that?

I hope not!

Apart from lugging 25kg of diving gear around the deck and up ladders I expect to be diving, eating and sleeping for 6 days.

With the odd beer thrown in, obv...

[wendigo100]

Wrap up down there in the depths. Redcar is a bit cold this time of year.

[Rantor]

Was out there in Sept.

We had to rescue a group from a liveaboard.

They were looking for hammerheads off Gordon and the current took them.

Picked them up after they'd been drifting on the surface for an hour and a half just as they were entering the shipping lanes.

Think SMBs are mandatory now.

That happened to me in 2003 out at The Brothers. I had a 2m SMB, buddy had and air-horn but the boat was looking in the wrong direction. Got spotted by a French dive boat in the end just as we were heading off to Saudi somewhere.

Mind you, not as bad as the couple iof hours left on the surface in an effing storm in Cuba. Crew went indoors for a wee drinky and when they came out the rain was too bad to see anything. One of those "I am going to die moments" that are not anywhere near as character-building as they say

[Moscow Mule]

Think SMBs are mandatory now.

If you had any sense, they've been mandatory for a long time (esp. in Red Sea where some operators are a bit lax).

Trouble is, if you haven't been trained to use one they can f*** you up if you get it wrong. So there might be a few more bent Russians turning up.

Edit: Enjoy your trip BTW.

[Pondlife]

Was out there in Sept.

We had to rescue a group from a liveaboard.

They were looking for hammerheads off Gordon and the current took them.

Picked them up after they'd been drifting on the surface for an hour and a half just as they were entering the shipping lanes.

Think SMBs are mandatory now.

[SallyAnne]

Ah wow that looks amazing!!!!

Do you have all your own gear then?

Is it a good workout going on a holiday like that?

[cojak]

Tony Backhurst

[Pondlife]

Who you diving with Cojak?

Ah, now I see

[cojak]

Enough talk of snow (I'm not on it till Jan...)

My hotel next week....

http://www.scuba.co.uk/Travel/Red_Se...on/Typhoon.htm