Woz was wazzing through the Scylla

[Woz]

After the club Farnes trip looking like it would be more of a chunder challenge than a diving trip we ditched the boats and I wandered down to Plymouth instead with the family where at least reasonable weather was forecast (or foreguessed as the Met Office tends to do).
Posted up to ask if anyone had boat spaces for the bank holiday Monday and Brian from Aquanauts in Plymouth has a space going. So- out with the missus's make up bags and into the car with my dive kit.
Turn up on Monday am down at their place (great location- you can spit onto the boat deck from their shop and they share the premises with a pub!) to be met by Brian, Brian's dad and a boat full of PADI trainees doing a drysuit course.
Anyway- hump kit down to the boat (all of about 30 yards) and pop myself on board. Richard the skipper (UK National was the boat) gave us a thorough briefing and off we pootled.
Off round to the Scylla where Brian and myself flopped gracefully off the side of the boat and down the stern buoy with a couple of other divers. They were sticking to the outside of the wreck but Brian and I squirreled our way into the stern and wandered down the corridors. Quite surprised at the amount of life since I last dived it (in May). Baby scallops, sea squirts, all sorts of wee wriggling things.
So- off through the control room to press some buttons then along until we go right into the bow. Up Brian goes through the access there and I follow but get a wee bit stuck so have to reverse back in and find another way out. Slightly fewer bacon butties I think next time. Brian did offer to grease me up but I politely declined.
So- along the deck to the bridge where a mini-John Dory kept us entertained for a while before we wandered back to the midships buoy to surface.
Back on the boat, we wandered round the headland for a bit of a sit out of the wind and some lunch (well not for me as I didn't bring any) then back to the James Egan Layne for dive 2 (Electric Boogaloo).
Nice to do the wreck with someone who knows it inside out- it gave me a chance to play with my new camera toy and take some crap photos (low viz, honest guvnah).
Back up the buoy and onto the boat for a welcome coffee and waz. Then a gently pootle back into Plymouth for tea and medals (and some fizzy beer in the pub next door).
A very enjoyable day- good boat and the whole thing well organised by the very friendly Aquanauts who I would thoroughly recommend if you want to dive the Scylla and JEL as they know the wrecks like the back of their hands.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by Woz

A very enjoyable day- good boat and the whole thing well organised by the very friendly Aquanauts who I would thoroughly recommend if you want to dive the Scylla and JEL as they know the wrecks like the back of their hands.

I can endorse this, agree with all your observations Woz, did the same trip with Aquanauts on Saturday. Well worth the trip down to them.

[Brian of Aquanauts]

Cheers lads!

Thanx for the good reports. Woz, the pub next door has just started doing the best bacon butties and breakfast baps... give it a few months and i won't be fitting thru that hatch either. Still no gloves mate, have looked thru the whole store... Tho I don't remember seeing you wearing any on the dives - don't think i was narked at 20m - did you?

Gizmo, good to meet you an the missus, shame i didn't get to dive with ya. Will try harder next time...

Come down end of May, start June - normally get 15-20m viz round about then

C ya next time.

B

[Woz]

Originally Posted by Brian of Aquanauts

Still no gloves mate, have looked thru the whole store... Tho I don't remember seeing you wearing any on the dives - don't think i was narked at 20m - did you?

Not wearing them on the Scylla hence the nicks, scratches and chunks taken out of my fingers. Had them on the JEL though. If you find them, chuck them in with the club kit. I've got another pair now. And I didn't notice you narked at 20 but then again you did look narked in the pub afterwards. But that could have been the Grolch.
And next time, I'm bringing a Pot Noodle, a Wagon Wheel and a can of Vimto onto the boat. And maybe even some Fondant Fancies to share around.
And if you ever fancy a wakeboard off the back of a throughly embarrasing tan ski boat give me a shout and I'll drag my boat down for a waz up the Plym. It's got a big shiny and not surprisingly thoroughly embarrasing X shaped frame on it if you ever spot it. And a 140 V4 Johnson on the back of a boat rated for a 90. Yee har.

[Brian of Aquanauts]

Woz,

Found your gloves - god (doug) knows where they came from, they just arrived in our glove rack like magick, give us ur address will post em up.

Wakeboardin.... sounds like fun, will show ya my 180 butterslide with an inverted nose bone tweeked chicken salad.....

[Woz]

Originally Posted by Brian of Aquanauts

will show ya my 180 butterslide with an inverted nose bone tweeked chicken salad.....

You appear to be talking complete crap. Please stop it.