Good diving reads...

[Richie]

I agree with Hobby's Under the Red Sea by Hand Hass - chasing round at 60 feet on pure O2.
The attitudes are interesting too. All colonial and not at all PC

[peter k]

The Grand Scuttle by someone I can't remember. Surprisingly enough it's about Scapa Flow.

I disagree about Tim Ecotts "Neutral Buoyancy", Personally I thought it was pi*h

Pointless fact # 1, Do you know the Admiral actually said "I think it's time for a subtle retreat" and not "I think it's time to scuttle the fleet". Only he was misheard.

Peter

[Mr T.]

Now-now, Peter. Stop telling porkies!

You know you can't read!  

[Jules]

<font color='#FF00FF'>Definately Tim Ecott's book neutral buoyancy,It's really good
Jules

[markg]

<font color='#000F22'>ship of gold (isbn 0316647144)
true story of gold rush boat sinking in1857.
then onto modern day salvors trying to recover the gold.
excellent read

[kinetic]

OK...Tim Ecott's book took a while to get into but all in all I enjoyed it (my wife gave it to me for Christmas so I had to be enthusiastic)...but then I enjoy any book as long as it's not crap....lol.

peterk, did you know he's a YDiver and he'll probably be well pissed off having heard your review of his book...lol....

&quot;subtle retreat&quot;...that was quite funny...but when I read it quickly I thought it said &quot;scuttle the fleet&quot;...obviously the same thing happens when said/written in German.

K

[angleseydiver]

<font color='#000080'>Have to agree with Markg-&quot; Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea&quot;
about the SS Central America, &nbsp;&quot;experts&quot; said it couldn't be done so this chap went and did it- inspirational!
ATB,
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Terry

[Robert]

'Andrea Doria - Dive to an Era' by Gary Gentile.
A little bit dated now but interesting nonetheless.
And slightly off-topic (or offbeat) a book simply called 'Cod', can't remember who it's by, but surprisingly interesting history of the cod fishing industry.
'Deeper into Diving' is s'posed to be good too, but I haven't read it and it's currently awaiting a reprint.
Robert

[Gavin Yates]

<font color='#000F22'>The Fireside Diver - a nice collection of dive stories. Borrow it don't bother buying it.

Ecott's book is OK but he always was a lousy journalist and the book itself is confused and rambling. A better editor would have improved it.

The Man Who Bought a Navy - fine book.

The Last Dive - remarkable story badly told

Deep Descent - Chilling tales about the Doria - bit too American for me but still worth a read.

[Ben Harris]

<font color='#FF00FF'>Deep desent - fantastic,
Caverns Measureless to man &nbsp;SE - fantastic,
Blue print ot survival, SE
Gold Finder or digger or something. pretty good,
Navy Diver (think its called) is fairly good.

But the best diving book from a reading point of view I ever read was Last Dive, The rest are good but not quite a page turner