Under Pressure, Falmouth

[NeilP]

Originally Posted by jackdiver

Thanks Epic for calling me a prick and giving me a red.

I kindof expected that kind of reaction based on your willingness to slag off some-one with no personal knowledge of the issue.

Thanks for nothing.

Jackdiver

You're welcome to it.

[milldog]

Originally Posted by jackdiver

What a load of tosh!!!!!

If you're going to give a bad response then at least do it from your own experience!!!

Have a red

I've Dived off Under pressure several times and found Steve to a nice friendly skipper who knows his dive sites well.
Very nice boat, I'd not hesitate to book on this boat again, indeed I will next year.

Jackdiver

Totally agree with you on this i have dived Steve in the past and i didnt have any issues, i think its a local thing as he doesn't suffer fools easily,

if you are going to slag a dive boat off at least dive on it first.

have a green mate hope it evens out

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by Epic

Simon,

I haven't seen it about much this year, but anyway I haven't dived on it and never will.

Word is that the skipper likes to shout alot at his customers, apparently.

If it's Falmouth in particular you want to go from I'd use Redeemer, not CD.

I've dived with him about 3 times. He's never shouted at anyone on my trips. In fact, he's one of the most friendly, helpful skippers I've ever dived with. He also does a great lunch onboard.

The boat isn't set up for twinset divers though. It's OK for singles and the hire used to include tanks and air fills for everyone, so we just used to use theirs. Nitrox was a bit extra, but not a lot.

Jason

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by JasonP

The boat isn't set up for twinset divers though. It's OK for singles and the hire used to include tanks and air fills for everyone, so we just used to use theirs. Nitrox was a bit extra, but not a lot.

Jason

That's a bit odd then isn't it Seems to be a lot less "singles" divers around nowadays.

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by Fiona

That's a bit odd then isn't it Seems to be a lot less "singles" divers around nowadays.

It's a bit of a gin palace with a lot of room in the cabin, but not so much on the outer deck for kitting up.

Jason

[milldog]

Originally Posted by Epic

I would just like to know why, if he is sooooo good a skipper, that no-body locally uses him?
Like I said, I have not dived on the boat myself, but knowing his practises in other areas of his business, I choose not too.

You see it's stupid Fu*ks like Epic who slag boats off because of there own agenda's, the red makes no difference to me prick.

graham

[Spider]

Originally Posted by JasonP

I've dived with him about 3 times. He's never shouted at anyone on my trips. In fact, he's one of the most friendly, helpful skippers I've ever dived with. He also does a great lunch onboard.

The boat isn't set up for twinset divers though. It's OK for singles and the hire used to include tanks and air fills for everyone, so we just used to use theirs. Nitrox was a bit extra, but not a lot.

Jason

I have to agree with Jason's comments on this one.

The club I learnt to dive with always spent a week in Falmouth over Easter using a combination of their own RHIBs and Steve's RHIB and used the dive shop for air fills etc. I went there for about five trips over the years and they've always been friendly and helpful and knowledgeable about the local dive sites.

I've been on "Under Pressure" a couple of times when Cornish Diving's RHIB was out of the water for one reason or another and we were given the hard boat for no extra cost.

I also went to Falmouth with another club for a weekend's diving last summer staying at the bunkhouse and diving off Under Pressure. The bunkhouse is cheap and fairly basic but the location is convenient. The boat hasn't much kitting-up space or benches and has a ladder (rather than a lift), but the skipper knows the dive sites well, does a good lunch and the cabin is fairly spacious. Rich and I had twinsets, but each of the other divers on the boat had a single and pony. I think that with any more twinset divers, kitting up would have been rather crowded, since the amount of deck space is limited. And I wouldn't fancy taking a rebreather and stages on the boat without benches.

So it really depends on what your priorities for a dive boat are...

[MixedUp]

Originally Posted by Epic

Simon,

I haven't seen it about much this year, but anyway I haven't dived on it and never will.

Word is that the skipper likes to shout alot at his customers, apparently.

You couldn't be further from the truth Steve McEwan is a great skipper and one of the friendliest that I have come across. He also does a great lunch on board.

As for the boat it has a huge wheelhouse, however that does mean that the kitting up area is quite small.

Steve