East Coast - quick report

[Nick Kay]

Full report coming later (today?) with photos

Simply put - absolutely fantastic time on the Ocean Dancer - great crew, divers, food, crack, evrything.

Viz - East Coast: 6-10m (honestly)

Viz - off Croma: 3-4m

Brass: finds...

Bends/problems: none

Smiley faces: everyone

Vomiting: none

Value for money: 11/10

Thanks to all the crew on the Ocean Dancer - hopefully see you in 6 weeks time...

[Ivon]

Hi Nick did you do the Pilsudski then? Im going out to it tomorrow so would love a quick vis report. We got 6m on saturday and 5-6m on sunday but not out as far.
Thanks Ivon.

[Nick Kay]

Divers were:

Friday night (9.45pm) Grangemouth II : night dive but 6-10m viz (i.e. as good as your torch)

Saturday (1pm) Friesland : 3-4m

Saturday (8pm) Anna B : 4-6m

Sunday (5.45AM!!!!!!!!) : LV-83 (Lightship) : 10m

All dives were "bitty" going down the shot with probably no more than 3-4m viz. The difference was when you got within 10m of the bottom...

[Nick Kay]

I seem to remember that the Pilsudski is 8 (or is that 18miles?) NW of the lightship, so on the basis that the Friesland and LV-83 were "similar", you might get reasonable viz on the Pilsudski - or were we just lucky???

[Ivon]

I thought you was going to do the Pilsudski as your first dive, there was about 6m on saturday on there so should be better after this weather.

[Ant P]

Originally Posted by Nick Kay

Thanks to all the crew on the Ocean Dancer - hopefully see you in 6 weeks time...

Ocean Dancer sounds like it should operate out of somewhere in the Caribbean Where is the boat based out of and is it a charter operation? I have in-laws in Norfolk and it sounds like you a referring to that sort of area.

Cheers, Ant

[Nick Kay]

1. We were meant to do the pilsudski on the way out, but Dock Gate times allied to slack over the pilsudski made the Grangemouth II a better option (and a better dive anyway)

2. The Ocean Dancer is Panamanian registered

3. The Ocean Dancer is chartered for (say) 6months of the year for "projects". I think we were the 1st "dive group" that took her out as a dive charter

4. In 6 weeks time they'll be bringing her back from Whitby to Grimsby and spending 3/4 days diving East Coast wrecks on the way back - currently a "few" places remaining

5. Yes, you can charter her - I believe the "one off" day rate is £1500 per day, with discounts for long(er) charters. We're certainly looking at a 1week (possibly) 2week charter for next year...

6. Yes, we were somehere in the Norfolk direction - inshore slightly of two gas fields. Sorry, didn't look at the charts

[ray]

Originally Posted by Nick Kay

1. We were meant to do the pilsudski on the way out, but Dock Gate times allied to slack over the pilsudski made the Grangemouth II a better option (and a better dive anyway)

2. The Ocean Dancer is Panamanian registered

3. The Ocean Dancer is chartered for (say) 6months of the year for "projects". I think we were the 1st "dive group" that took her out as a dive charter

4. In 6 weeks time they'll be bringing her back from Whitby to Grimsby and spending 3/4 days diving East Coast wrecks on the way back - currently a "few" places remaining

5. Yes, you can charter her - I believe the "one off" day rate is £1500 per day, with discounts for long(er) charters. We're certainly looking at a 1week (possibly) 2week charter for next year...

6. Yes, we were somehere in the Norfolk direction - inshore slightly of two gas fields. Sorry, didn't look at the charts

Grangemouth is straight off Withersea a couple of miles from the rigs!, so you were poaching our wrecks.

[Stuart M]

Not very often I get the chance to read through these pages,but I like to trawl through posts Yorkshire coast related when I'm home...
Back in the late eighties when the engine on Grangemouth was still stood upright, a bunch of us who dived together looked at a wreck north of Amethyst development field, the engine, condenser and pump assemblys were nigh on identical to Grangemouth, we didn't and still don't know the name of the wreck so it got tagged Grangemouth II or Grangey II..One of those lads is now one of the Owner/skippers of 'Ocean Dancer' ..It is miles away from the wreck off Withernsea..
Hope this helps clear up a misunderstanding..
Sleep easy Ray they're not poaching your wrecks.....