YD - Shetland 2008 - Valkyrie - July 6 - 11th

[Hazel W]

Ok .. im willing to step back up to the parapet again ........

Shetland Isles

July 6th - 11th 2008

An Hjaltland en Norsk Fara ( A Shetland and Norse Voyage )
Put your name on the list and pm me your details if you wish to go .... please remember that the usual YD rules apply ... you are responsible for your place and if you sign up you are agreeing to attend.


1. Martin (deposit paid)
2. MartyC (deposit Paid)
3. Dobbo the Ninja (deposit + balance paid)
4.Gordon Mackie (deposit paid)
5.Doug McEwan (deposit paid)
6.Derek Borthwick (deposit paid)
7.Mike Malone (deposit paid)
8.Malx Gauld (deposit paid)
9. Chris Scott-Jupp (deposit paid)
10.Jen (deposit paid)
11.Space available
12.Space available
This trip will begin in KIRKWALL Orkney and will travel up to Shetland hopefully (given good weather ) on the evening of the 6th following a dive or two in the North Isles of Orkney.
the weeks trip will end in Lerwick, Shetland and you have to get home from there .....(its not hard)
Therefore ferries should be arranged as follows:
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 5th July
Lerwick - Aberdeen 11th or 12th July

Price will be £400.00 per diver and includes all diving, accoms, food, air fills etc.
it does not include mixed gasses and alcohol.

[Hazel W]

Exceptional underwater visibility makes Shetland perfect diving country. Some of the most spectacular views in the islands are below the waves - submerged cliffs, stacks and caves of long-drowned shorelines. Shetland's profusion of underwater wildlife is truly astonishing, one of the richest marine environments around the British Isles. With 1450 km of coastline, 405 geos (coves), 351 caves, 205 skerries, 190 stacks, 158 natural arches and at least seven subterranean passages.
For wreck diving, Shetland has everything from historic wrecks (like the 18th Century Swedish East Indiaman and WWI steamship Gwladmena - both in Lerwick Harbour) to modern trawlers and the 1993 wreck of the huge tanker Braer. Also the shape of Shetland means that you can dive on almost any day of the year - there's always somewhere sheltered and the long hours of summer daylight are an added bonus, allowing you to pack more diving time into a week's stay.

Possible dive sites all dependant on prevailing winds, weather and tides:


Lunokhods (Lerwick) 15-30m
Klondiker sank in 93

Queen Of Sweden (Knab, Lerwick) 17m
protected wreck of a Swedish Eastindiaman

Gwladmena (Lerwick) 40m 900 ton
sank in 1918. intact

Glen Isla (Lerwick) 45m 1200 ton
Steamship sank in the entrance to Lerwick harbour

Samba (Lerwick) 10-35m 3000ton acid tanker
Sank after dramatic rescue near Lerwick harbour

Pionersk (Lerwick) 22m
Big Klondiker sank in 94

Leonatus (Lerwick) 60m
Torpedoed in 1917

Park Mill (Bressey Sound) 40m
was torpedoed by UC 40 in 1917

Green Lilly (Bressay)43m
Cargo ship sank in 1997

St Sunniva (Mousa) 25m
Passenger ship sank in 1930

Murrayfield (Mousa) 10-25m
Sank in 1942

The Brear (Sumburgh head) 18m
Masive Tanker sank in 1993 recently released as a diving site

Highcliffe (Papa Stour)36m
sank in 1940 popular dive with defence gun still visible

Oceanic (Foula) <30m
White Star line Liner very broken up due to shallow water
possible dive on slack water if we get perfect weather.

Jane (Yell) 20m 900 ton
steamship sank in 1920

E49 (Baltasound) 30m
mined in 1917


Hope you find all that interesting
none of the above are gaurenteed and we just have to see what the weather throws at us.

Last years trip report !Shetland on MV Valkyrie, 14th-21st July 2007

[Sixsquid]

Originally Posted by Hazel W

Therefore ferries should be arranged as follows:
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 5th July
Lerwick - Aberdeen 11th or 12th July

Do you know if these crossings offer the free container transport ?
Cheers

[Hazel W]

as far as im aware they do
H

[Martin]

Hi. I'm new to signing up to YD trips. This looks good though. Hope I've read the destructions correctly. PM sent.

An Hjaltland en Norsk Fara ( A Shetland and Norse Voyage )
Put your name on the list and pm me your details if you wish to go .... please remember that the usual YD rules apply ... you are responsible for your place and if you sign up you are agreeing to attend.


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[Hazel W]

Originally Posted by Martin

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An Hjaltland en Norsk Fara ( A Shetland and Norse Voyage )
Put your name on the list and pm me your details if you wish to go .... please remember that the usual YD rules apply ... you are responsible for your place and if you sign up you are agreeing to attend.


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Welcome aboard

[Martin]

Ace!
Ooooooooohhhhhh only 323 sleeps to go!
Yippee

[Martin]

For anyone considering this trip, I found a report from the trip Hazel recently ran here:
Shetland on MV Valkyrie, 14th-21st July 2007

[DanE]

Originally Posted by Martin

For anyone considering this trip, I found a report from the trip Hazel recently ran here:
Shetland on MV Valkyrie, 14th-21st July 2007

And what an ace trip it was

Am hoping to join this one (or possibly the Northern Isles trip), just need to solve a logistical problem first!

dan

[Hazel W]

Having thought about it dan ..... a little fold up trolley a la B&Q would sort out the problems i think ! (i have seen quite a few twins and dive bags arriving on these this year )

hazel