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| Originally Posted by Allan Carr I have some other stories about their recent activities which I can't really put on a public board. Suffice it to say that they would be rather wirrying to most divers. The Shiels' won't do Whirl Rocks either or go in close on the Knivestone - only Farne Diving Services and Sovereign do that. The skippers are cousins by the way. |
Hi Guys,
The Shiel boats are generally used as trip boats and the skippers have no idea about diving.
Stick with the reliable good dive-charter boats, ie.,
Stan Hall and his son Lee (Farne Diving Services),
Sovereign, run by Ian Douglas's sons;
Wave Dancer run by Colin Rutter who was an ex trawlerman;
And of course Graeme Harrison with his big RIB (with a cabin on), Graeme is also a diver.
Stan Hall's sister Ailsa married Ian Douglas (an ex trawlerman). Ian run one of Stan's boats for a couple of years then started his own charter business with Sovereign Diving. With his son, they expanded the business by buying another boat and the Lodge at North Sunderland which was owned by Selby Brown for about 25yrs. They also went into some kind of deal with Deep Blue from Tynemouth using a dive/shop unit at North Sunderland.
Unfortunately Ian died about 2-3 years ago and his sons have carried on the business.
(North Sunderland is the old village where the Lodge is situated and Seahouses harbour used to be the old North Sunderland harbour)
Cheers Ron