| Some good feedback so far.
First off, there's no club , so no club funds, and there's certainly no local club that cater for the type of diving that myself and a few mates like to do. The problems i/we face for the deep trips are that fewer and fewer people seem willing to have a go at something, and spaces are increasingly harder to fill.
Why is this? I assume because it's generally one dive a day, so quite expensive on a "per dive" basis.
Some costs example:
If a boat costs £500 for the day and you book the boat as the organiser, lets assume you have entered into a legal contract and have to pay that amount regardless.
You advertise for 10 divers, so split between 10 people = £50 each..... Now lets assume you can only get 5 divers. It's a catch 22 situation. You can't mess the skipper around as you've entered into a contract, and equally, it seems unreasonable for everyones costs to now double to offset the spare places. So who pays then? It seems like it's down to the organiser to foot the bill, and this is one of the hazards of being an organiser, and why a lot of us are thinking of jacking it all in (not the diving, just the organising)....
I'm trying to get to a mark next year now to try and ID a wreck. It's only been dived once before which was nearly 15 years ago (i hoped to go this year, but it's not going to happen). The wreck wasn't looked at in depth because the conditions were bad. No vis and current running like a train etc. It's 40 miles from the nearest port that operates dive boats, but 25 miles from the nearest "non-diving port".
So an almost virgin wreck in about 70 metres - Costs would be enormous, and i estimate you'd be looking at least £600 for the boat alone using todays prices. I dread to think how much it would cost next year!.Now you try filling a boat with people that want to go and have a look and take a chance.
I know of only 3 people that are up for this at the moment. . . . .Looks like i need to start saving! |