Plymouth - Jan 21st/22nd

[sch]

Come on, still spaces available and the weathers looking reasonable for Saturday & Sunday - well ok, apart from the rain

Day Time Temp Rain Intensity Cloud Dir Speed Pressure Weather
Sat 21 Jan


Morning 7 °c 0 mm 88 % 3 mph 1023 mb
Afternoon 8 °c 0 mm V Light 100 % 5 mph 1022 mb
Night 7 °c 0.7 mm V Light 100 % 14 mph 1019 mb Sun 22 Jan


Morning 9 °c 6.5 mm Torrential 100 % 9 mph 1020 mb
Afternoon 10 °c 0.1 mm V Light 100 % 4 mph 1021 mb

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ok, well that didn't come out very well - but importantly it means, not very windy!!!
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[tsw]

Originally Posted by sch

well ok, apart from the rain

Does 'Torrential' mean that we just leave our regs in on the boat?

[Adrian Kelland]

Plenty of time for the weather to change Simon , or even full cycle back to lousy

I'm down there too at the weekend - also booked into the Cranbourne

See you there maybe.

Adrian

[sch]

Originally Posted by tsw

Does 'Torrential' mean that we just leave our regs in on the boat?

It means I'll have my drysuit on when I go down for breakfast

Hey, we're going to get wet anyway - as long as its not too windy!

Simon

[Steve S]

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Sorry all had to bail I have pm'd Brian and I hope you all have a great weekend.

Safe diving,
Steve

[sch]

Originally Posted by Adrian Kelland

Plenty of time for the weather to change Simon , or even full cycle back to lousy

I'm down there too at the weekend - also booked into the Cranbourne

See you there maybe.

Adrian

yup might bump in you

whatcha doing down there then?

Simon

[sch]

Originally Posted by Steve S

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Sorry all had to bail I have pm'd Brian and I hope you all have a great weekend.

Safe diving,
Steve

Steve,
thanks for letting us know - I'll just have to rub it in when we have tropical temps and vis (yeah right). At least you'll be saved me posting lots of pic's, just remembered I left my camera at the in-laws @ christmas

Cheers,
Simon

[Pussowl]

Originally Posted by sch

Shuna, excellent - look forwards to seeing you at the weekend - I'll pm you later to sort stuff.

Can you have a look at the message about giving Brian @ Aquanauts a call to sort out a deposit.

Thanks,
Simon

Deposit sorted. I'll be staying at the Cranbourne, arriving late Friday afternoon - I hope. I'll have to leave pronto on Sunday as I have to get back to sunny(??!!) Yorkshire asap.

Are there any major differences diving from a hard boat as opposed to a RIB (apart from the lift !! )? Any tips would be welcome, so I bring the right boat gear.

I'll be diving a single 12L tank rig, using 32% nitrox on Sat. My SAC's usually about 20L/min, so I should be OK for a 45 min dive barring any unexpected stressful incidents.

See you at the weekend,

Shuna

[sch]

Originally Posted by Pussowl

Deposit sorted. I'll be staying at the Cranbourne, arriving late Friday afternoon - I hope. I'll have to leave pronto on Sunday as I have to get back to sunny(??!!) Yorkshire asap.

I'll be ringing the Cranbourne in the morning, so fingers crossed they've got some rooms left but its a pretty big place so reasonably optimistic.

The rest of us should be down Friday afternoon as well - we'll be popping into Aquanauts to drop off kit, hopefully get some fills sorted and try and sort out boat times etc. I'm hoping that we can do a reasonable start time on Saturday and a slightly earlier one on Sunday so we can all get away at a reasonable time, but that'll be down to Brian in the end.

Are there any major differences diving from a hard boat as opposed to a RIB (apart from the lift !! )? Any tips would be welcome, so I bring the right boat gear.

Hmmm, a bit less bouncy & a bit drier (hopefully ). Generally we tend to get into suits on the way out, so some nice warm clothes and a hat - other than that nothing to worry about Oh and some lunch might be an idea, there's a handy co-op just the other side of the harbour for that.

I'll be diving a single 12L tank rig, using 32% nitrox on Sat. My SAC's usually about 20L/min, so I should be OK for a 45 min dive barring any unexpected stressful incidents.

Since we'll be out all day you'll need 2 tanks - I'm sure that Brian can hire one if you need one, or there's a good chance I've got a spare 12l nitrox hanging around somewhere. If I have I'll pop it in in case you need it, and PM you.

See you at the weekend,

Shuna

Indeed, look forward to seeing you then - weather's looking better as well, no rain forecast now

Simon

[sch]

Brian's asked me to point out there's still a couple of spaces available on Saturday and plenty on Sunday if anyone's at a loose end for the weekend. Contact Brian through http://www.aquanauts.co.uk

Weather forecast now looks cracking Virtually no wind and sunny.

Will do a trip report when I get back.

Cheers,
Simon