HOLBORN 130 BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB 2001 SEASON

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Horsea Dive Centre : 16th March

Marshall: Simon Perse: Concrete quay

Horsea Lake
Water temperature not actually too bad (around 9 degrees) - although this was seriously cold on the forehead when acting as a casualty and being given AV.

Depth: 6, Time: 20	Nic Weeks	Mark Reddick	LS1
Depth: 6, Time: 20	Jos Matthews	Spencer Polley	LS1
Depth: 6, Time: 20	Simon Perse	Karen Durham-Diggins	DL rescue practise
Depth: 6, Time: 20	Nic Weeks	Mark Reddick	Spencer Polley	DL rescue practise
Depth: 6, Time: 15	Simon Perse	Karen Durham-Diggins	DL rescue practise

Weymouth : Easter

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Holborn Diver
Cold, bad vis. The usual Easter fun!

13th April 2001 : Lulworth Cove
plus rescue practice inside the cove itself

Depth: 11, Time: 20	Dave Fletcher (40%)	Jeremy Carne	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 11, Time: 20	Nic Weeks (36%)	John Deadman	Cleo Juan
Depth: 11, Time: 20	Gail Downey	Paul Fingleton
Depth: 11, Time: 25	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor

14th April 2001 : Portland Harbour wall

Depth: 10, Time: 24	Dave Fletcher (40%)	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne	AAS rescue excercise
Depth: 10, Time: 20	Gail Downey	Paul Fingleton
Depth: 10, Time: 20	Nic Weeks (36%)	John Deadman
Depth: 10, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Cleo Juan

15th April 2001 : HMS Hood

Depth: 12, Time: 25	Nic Weeks (36%)	John Deadman	The famous Not The Hood dive, in which Nick failed to find a Battleship in 15m with a rope tied to it
Depth: 10, Time: 25	Jos Matthews (36%)	Cleo Juan
Depth: 15, Time: 26	Chrissy Rogers	Dave Fletcher (27%)	Chrissy lead the dive as an exercise
Depth: 15, Time: 25	Simon Perse (36%)	Gail Downey	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 18, Time: 36	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor

16th April 2001 : The Dredger outside the harbour near the Hood

Depth: 10, Time: 25	Dave Fletcher (27%)	Cleo Juan
Depth: 10, Time: 35	Nic Weeks (36%)	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne	SD CBL and reg-sharing exercises
Depth: 10, Time: 25	Gail Downey	Paul Fingleton
Depth: 10, Time: 25	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor

Weymouth : 28/29th April

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Skin Deep. Skipper: Ian Taylor

28th April 2001 : HMS Hood

Depth: 16, Time: 35 (1)	Andy Goldby	Jo Goldby
Depth: 17, Time: 44 (1)	Colin Manders	Steve Taylor (rb)	Problem with the Inspiraton caused Steve to abort initally, but he was able to fix it.
Depth: 16, Time: 35 (1)	Spencer Polley	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Simon Perse	Spen leading DF as a sport diver, Simon assessing.
Depth: 17, Time: 45 (1)	Billy Croker	John Cassidy
Depth: 16, Time: 40 (1)	Cheryl Ashman	Maike Heining

29th April 2001 : HMS Landrail
The Landrail was a corvette, used as a gunnery target, and sunk while under tow just after the war. Upright, missing the deckhouses, but some teak decking still in place. Slack as for the M2

Depth: 33, Time: 35 (10)	Andy Goldby	Jo Goldby	A decent Lobster (male) brought up by this pair.
Depth: 32, Time: 44 (10)	Colin Manders	Steve Taylor (rb)
Depth: 31, Time: 35 (13)	Dave Fletcher (24%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 32, Time: 45 (15)	Billy Croker	John Cassidy
Depth: 33, Time: 40 (12)	Cheryl Ashman	Maike Heining

Plymouth : First Spring Bank Holiday

Marshall: Jos Matthews: Holborn Diver
A great deal of club and sports diver training was done on this trip.

5th May 2001 : Penlea Point

Depth: 11, Time: 33 (2)	Simon Perse (36%)	Mark Reddick
Depth: 8, Time: 20 (1)	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 9, Time: 25 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	Jon Poulton	Dan Clarke

5th May 2001 : Mewstone

Depth: 16, Time: 30	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 20, Time: 42 (1)	Simon Perse (36%)	Dan Clarke	Mark Reddick
Depth: 15.6, Time: 20 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	John Deadman	Felix Gamon

6th May 2001 : James Eagan-Layne

Depth: 19, Time: 30 (1)	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 16, Time: 16	Simon Perse (36%)	Jon Poulton	Richard Anderson
Depth: 15, Time: 32 (1)	Mark Reddick	Dan Clarke
Depth: 19, Time: 28 (2)	Jos Matthews (36%)	John Deadman	Felix Gamon

6th May 2001 : Mewstone

Depth: 14, Time: 29	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 12.5, Time: 25	Simon Perse (36%)	Jon Poulton	Richard Anderson
Depth: 15, Time: 32	Mark Reddick	Dan Clarke
Depth: 11, Time: 35	Jos Matthews (36%)	John Deadman	Felix Gamon

7th May 2001 : Shagstone and the Tinker Shoal

Depth: 14, Time: 30 (1)	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 12, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Jon Poulton	Richard Anderson
Depth: 14, Time: 32 (1)	Mark Reddick	John Deadman
Depth: 11, Time: 30 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	Dan Clarke	Felix Gamon

Littlehampton : Second Spring Bank Holiday

Marshall: Anna Pascoe: Holborn Diver
Generally very poor u/w visibility all over the area on this week-end.

26th May 2001 : Mulberry Harbour
High-water slack. Visibility rubbish - plankton.

Depth: 12, Time: 36	Dave Fletcher (28%)	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 12.5, Time: 39	Jerry Gull	Mark Reddick
Depth: 11, Time: 50	Simon Perse (36%)	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 12, Time: 32	Anna Pascoe	Karen Durham-Diggins	Steve Milner

26th May 2001 : West Winter Knoll Reef
Marks not accurate (no reef). Drift. Visibility poor. Only 2 pairs put in because of poor surface visibility.

Depth: 13.5, Time: 29	Simon Perse (36%)	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 14, Time: 35	Jerry Gull	Mark Reddick

27th May 2001 : Kingmere Rocks
This was going to be the Shirala, but Nick could not find it. A fast drift just after high water. Three pairs found the reef, one did not.

Depth: 16, Time: 44	Simon Perse (36%)	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 15.5, Time: 43	Anna Pascoe	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 16, Time: 39	Steve Milner	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 17, Time: 28	Jerry Gull	Mark Reddick	Not the Kingmere Rocks, unfortunately

Littlehampton : 10th June 2001

Marshall: Simon Perse: Holborn Diver
Dive leader training day.

Kingmere Rocks

Depth: 16, Time: 20	Jos Matthews (36%)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Diver leader rescue assessment (AAS)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Spencer Polley	Diver leader rescue assessment (AAS)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Mark Reddick	Diver leader rescue assessment (AAS)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Jos Matthews (36%)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Diver leader rescue assessment (CBL)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Spencer Polley	Diver leader rescue assessment (CBL)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Mark Reddick	Diver leader rescue assessment (CBL)

East Beach, Selsey
DL beach landing assessment, and leading a club diver.

Depth: 4, Time: 20	Karen Durham-Diggins	Jos Matthews (36%)	Leading a club diver
Depth: 4, Time: 20	Spencer Polley	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Leading a club diver
Depth: 4, Time: 20	Mark Reddick	Simon Perse (36%)	Leading a club diver

Littlehampton : 16/17th June 2001

Marshall: Simon Perse: Holborn Diver
16th lost to bad weather. Marine life identification dive.

17th June : Mixon Hole
Outstanding vis: better than 10m. Lots of Lobster at the bottom of the Hole.

Depth: 19, Time: 31 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	Simon Perse (36%)	Dave Fletcher (28%)
Depth: 24, Time: 32 (1)	Mike Maloney	Jan Maloney

Mulberry Harbour

Depth: 9, Time: 21

Jos Matthews (36%)

Simon Perse (36%)

Littlehampton : 23rd June 2001

Marshall: Jos Matthews: Holborn Diver
Sport diver training in a bit of a rough old sea. 3 out of 6 divers sea-sick, but dived anyway. Bravo!

Kingmere Rocks

Depth: 14, Time: 20 (1)	Simon Perse (36%)	Felix Gamon	Sport-diver AAS rescue
Depth: 14, Time: 20 (1)	Dave Fletcher (28%)	Dan Clarke	John Deadman	Sport-diver AAS rescue

Baltimore, Co. Cork, Eire : 15th-21st July 2001

Marshall: Steve Milner: Red Dragon. Skipper: Gene Macarthy
A week in South-West Ireland, repeating last years successful trip

15th July : Alondre
Very broken up wreck (sunk 1916), with its bows hard up on Kedge Rocks in 6m. Anchor Chain in a gully leads out to broken frames, then a huge cranckshaft and engine casing with valve parts in 16m. Boilers are deeper, and appear to have rolled there from original position forwards, to their current position in 20m. Wreckage ends at about 25m.

Depth: 16, Time: 37	Dave Fletcher (28%)	Ros Lowrie	Several P. Quadrilineata, Squat Lobster, Thorogobius epihippus, and Lot of Clavelina, and a wreck.
Depth: 22, Time: 35	Jerry Gull (31%)	Keith Roshier
Depth: 20.5, Time: 38	Steve Milner	Aurelio Martegani

16th July : Illyrian
Very broken up wreck, (sunk 1886). SE of Clear Island, below the old Lighthouse. Boilers rumoured to be there, but we just found plates and hatch edge frames.

Depth: 19, Time: 34	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Emma Kirk
Depth: 19, Time: 27	Jerry Gull (31%)	James Lawrence
Depth: 24.5, Time: 48	Steve Milner	Aurelio Martegani	Ros Lowrie

16th July : South West corner of Sherkin Island
Very kelpy shallow, but an excellent dive on a rocky drop-off below 15m. Very large Cliona sponges and Rose Coral, lots of Devonshire Cup Coral, and Nemertesia with Fairy Shrimp and Sea-Spiders in its fronds. Many Leopard Spotted Goby and Squat Lobster in crevices. Some evidence of Octopus predation on Crabs.

Depth: 20, Time: 50	Jerry Gull (31%)	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Crayfish!, Sea-spiders, and a new Nudibranch found by Jerry of all people
Depth: 22, Time: 49	Steve Milner	Ros Lowrie

17th July : South West corner of Sherkin Island
Bloody awful weather on the previous night caused an on-shore swell that restricted us to repeat a dive on this site. Which was no problem really because it was very nice.

Depth: 21, Time: 62 (2)	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Ros Lowrie	Another huge Crayfish!. Captured new Nudibranch found yesterday and brough one to the surface. Looks like Coryphella sp., but specimen too small to identify properly.
Depth: 21.5, Time: 50 (3)	Steve Milner	Aurelio Martegani
Depth: 21, Time: 45 (2)	Jerry Gull (32%)	Keith Roshier

18th July : Dido
The Dido was an iron barque, now well broken up under the cliffs near Kedge Rock. Remarkably good vis considering the recent weather and the heavy swell, up to 10m in fact. The wreck is notable for having 5 anchors. This was a very good dive indeed.

Depth: 20, Time: 42 (3)	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Emma Kirk
Depth: 19, Time: 35 (3)	Jerry Gull (32%)	James Lawrence
Depth: 21.5, Time: 48 (3)	Steve Milner	Aurelio Martegani	Ros Lowrie

18th July : Kedge Rocks
Remarkable dive in up to 15m vis. Many gullys and canyons, with walls covered in anemonies.

Depth: 20, Time: 30 (3)	Jerry Gull (32%)	James Lawrence
Depth: 21, Time: 32 (3)	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Emma Kirk
Depth: 20, Time: 50 (3)	Steve Milner	Ros Lowrie

19th July : Kowloon Bridge
Only one word for this wreck: 'big'. Big ship, big fish, big anemones.

Depth: 27, Time: 46	Jerry Gull (32%)	Keith Roshier
Depth: 27, Time: 37 (4)	Aurelio Martegani	Ros Lowrie
Depth: 23.5, Time: 38 (2)	Dave Fletcher (31%)	Emma Kirk
Depth: 27, Time: 34 (3)	Steve Milner	James Lawrence

19th July : Fastnet Rocks
Heavy swell caused two divers to cry off, but those who made it through the foam reported an excellent dive. Those who stayed on the boat saw a Sunfish as compensation.

Depth: 25, Time: 38	Jerry Gull (32%)	Keith Roshier	Octopus!
Depth: 25, Time: 40 (4)	Aurelio Martegani	Ros Lowrie
Depth: 26, Time: 30 (3)	Steve Milner	James Lawrence

20th July : Point on Sherkin Island, near the Marine Research Station
Bad weather forced us into the shelter of Sherkin Island again. Gene picked a point out of the tide and swell, and we dived it as an unknown quantity. The site is the west side of the point near the marine research station, and here there is a flat sand bottom in 16m, giving over abruptly to a granite reef rising straight out of the sand. Turning South towards the point gives an indifferent dive, but turning North leads to a series of rocky gullys cutting across the reef, which is an excellent sheltered dive.

Depth: 17, Time: 67 (3)	Dave Fletcher (31%)	Ros Lowrie	Only pair to find the good bit of the site. Collected loads of Nudibranches: Polycera faroensis, Archidoris pseudarga (Sea Lemon), and Cuthonia nana.
Depth: 17.5, Time: 37 (3)	Steve Milner	James Lawrence
Depth: 17.5, Time: 36 (3)	Jerry Gull (28%)	Aurelio Martegani

21st July : Alondre

Depth: 20, Time: 30 (3)

James Lawrence

Emma Kirk

First dive as a buddy pair. Deployed a DSMB too.

21st July : U260
Complete U-boat in 15m vis. Cracking dive!

Depth: 40.5, Time: 60 (23)	Jerry Gull (27%)	Keith Roshier
Depth: 43, Time: 31 (8)	Dave Fletcher (27%)	Roz Lowrie
Depth: 43, Time: 59 (25)	Steve Milner	Aurelio Martegani

Littlehampton : 15th July 2001

Marshall: Nick Weeks: Holborn Diver

Mulberry Harbour

Depth: 9, Time: 25	Nic Weeks	Richard Anderson	Club Diver assessment dive
Depth: 9, Time: 40	Simon Perse	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 9, Time: 34	Anna Pascoe	John Deadman

Kingmere Rocks

Depth: 12, Time: 27	Nic Weeks	Richard Anderson	Club Diver assessment dive
Depth: 13, Time: 20	Simon Perse	Karen Durham-Diggins	Karens last DL exercise
Depth: 12, Time: 30	Anna Pascoe	John Deadman

Littlehampton : 28th-29th July 2001

Marshall: Nick Weeks: Holborn Diver
Unbelievably good weather. Absolute flat calms on both days allowed us to reach two wrecks 18m from Littlehampton. The Leopold has been a target for at least three years, and the French Barque has interested a number of people for at least as long.

28th July : The 'Prince Leopold'
A huge wreck, with much of the teak decking still in place. Engine room is accessible through large hatch openings in the deck. There are definitely two wrecks here - another smaller one, possiby the German Destroyer, is right at the bow of the Leopold. Vis was about 4m.

Depth: 32.5, Time: 55 (12)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Michael Suissa (31%)
Depth: 31.5, Time: 47 (16)	Dave Fletcher (24%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 31, Time: 46 (15)	Jerry Gull (31%)	Richard Heads (30)
Depth: 33.5, Time: 77 (21)	Andy Goldby (30)	Jo Goldby (30)

28th July : The 'French Barque'
Another large wreck. A steel hulled sailing vessel lying on its side and partially buried in sand. The masts were steel tubes, at least at the bottom, and lie out to the side, harbouring the biggest Conger Eels I have ever seen. There is a distinct counter-stern, and a large anchor on the bow. Vis about 3m.

Depth: 31, Time: 45 (15)	Nic Weeks	Michael Suissa (25%)
Depth: 31.5, Time: 36 (7)	Dave Fletcher	Spencer Polley
Depth: 30, Time: 57 (15)	Jerry Gull (24%)	Steve Taylor
Depth: 31.5, Time: 43 (3)	Jo Goldby (30)	Andy Goldby (30)

Wraysbury : 5th August 2001

Marshall: Nic Weeks: Inland Lake

Wraysbury Dive Centre

Depth: 10, Time: 30

Nic Weeks

Richard Anderson

OW6 - Richard passed his Club diver assesment

Dover : 16th-19th August 2001

Marshall: Jerry Gull: Taurus
Four days of wreck diving in the Dover Straight. Bit blowy on the first day. Bad vis in-shore. Much better weather on the second day, and very much better vis offshore. 3rd day also calm, but the final day blown out.

16th August : HMS 'Niger'

Depth: 16.5, Time: 36 (3)	Dave Fletcher (30%)	Michael Suissa (30%)
Depth: 16, Time: 45 (3)	Andy Goldby	Jo Goldby
Depth: 17, Time: 63 (3)	Colin Manders	Jerry Gull
Depth: 17, Time: 45 (3)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Spencer Polley

17th August : HMS 'Brazen'
Lovely dive on a destroyer embedded in a sandbank. Up to 10m vis.

Depth: 30, Time: 43 (8)	Dave Fletcher (26%)	Michael Suissa (30%)
Depth: 31.5, Time: 67 (24)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 32, Time: 49 (5)	Andy Goldby (32%)	Jo Goldby (32%)
Depth: 32, Time: 33 (3)	Kev Morrisey (32%)	Mark Wilson (32%)
Depth: 30, Time: 74 (34)	Jonathon Lewis	Jerry Gull (30%)	Steve Taylor (rb)	Steve aborted the dive on the descent. Jerry buddied with Jon

17th August : 'Lariston'
Big - 300ft - freighter stands up to 5m proud. Big iron prop and anchor. Frighteningly large Lobster seen under the stern (well it scared Jerry, anyway).

Depth: 29, Time: 49 (8)	Dave Fletcher (29%)	Michael Suissa (air-nitrox)
Depth: 32.5, Time: 33 (4)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 30, Time: 50 (9)	Andy Goldby	Jo Goldby
Depth: 30, Time: 48	Kev Morrisey	Mark Wilson
Depth: 28, Time: 54 (9)	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor (rb)	Cor Blimey Guv. A rebreather diver actually completing a dive!

18th August : 'SS Pomerania'
A very old steam liner, sunk by collision in the 1870s. Bit of a scapyard, but very big boilers, and lots of it stands quite proud. Some of the teak decking remains.

Depth: 30, Time: 33	Kev Morrisey	Mark Wilson (32%)
Depth: 30, Time: 50 (9)	Andy Goldby (32)	Jo Goldby (32)
Depth: 31, Time: 49 (7)	Jerry Gull (32%)	Jonathon Lewis (32%)	Steve Taylor (rb)
Depth: 29, Time: 38 (6)	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Michael Suissa (32%)
Depth: 31, Time: 63 (21)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Spencer Polley

18th August : 'SS Glen-Strathallen'
A bit of a murky dive, only 1.5miles outside Dover Harbour. Known to local divers as 'Tescos', because of all the stuff on it. A freighter carrying booze. Champagne, Gin, and Beer bottles abound, together with other glassware.

Depth: 30, Time: 40	Kev Morrisey	Mark Wilson
Depth: 30, Time: 50 (9)	Andy Goldby (30)	Jo Goldby (30)
Depth: 29.5, Time: 43 (4)	Dave Fletcher (31%)	Michael Suissa (32%)
Depth: 30, Time: 29 (3)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 31, Time: 38	Jerry Gull (28%)	Colin Manders

Plymouth : August Bank Holiday: 25th - 27th

Marshall: Jon Poulton: Holborn Diver
An incredibly brave effort by out Secretary - only a club diver - to pull this trip together. (Depths and stops are estimated.)

25th August : James Eagan Lane

Depth: 26.5, Time: 35	Steve Milner	Jon Poulton
Depth: 25, Time: 38	Steve Taylor	Cleo Juan
Depth: 25, Time: 50	Ted Oakley	Felix Gamon
Depth: 20, Time: 45	Rebecca Jay	Dan Clarke
Depth: 25, Time: 39	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 22.5, Time: 34	Helen Bligh	John Deadman

25th August : Great Mew Stone

Depth: 12, Time: 48	Steve Milner	Jon Poulton
Depth: 15, Time: 49	Ted Oakley	Cleo Juan	Felix Gamon
Depth: 14, Time: 29	Rebecca Jay	Dan Clarke
Depth: 15, Time: 41	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 17, Time: 43	Helen Bligh	John Deadman

26th August : James Eagan Lane

Depth: 23.5, Time: 63	Steve Milner	Felix Gamon
Depth: 25, Time: 44	Steve Taylor	Jon Poulton	Cleo Juan
Depth: 21, Time: 39	Rebecca Jay	John Deadman
Depth: 25, Time: 38	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne

26th August : Tinker Shoal

Depth: 14, Time: 47	Ted Oakley	Cleo Juan
Depth: 18.5, Time: 48	Steve Milner	Jon Poulton
Depth: 14, Time: 35	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 14, Time: 33	Rebecca Jay	John Deadman
Depth: 13.5, Time: 31	Helen Bligh	Felix Gamon

27th August : Hillsea Point Rocks

Depth: 23, Time: 40	Steve Milner	John Deadman
Depth: 26, Time: 39	Rebecca Jay	Dan Clarke	Felix Gamon
Depth: 22, Time: 40	Ted Oakley	Jon Poulton

St Kilda : 29th August - 5th September 2001

Marshall: Simon Perse/Nic Weeks: Poplar Diver
A weeks live-aboad trip to the best diving in the British Isles, if not the world. 30m vis, caves, underwater arches, Minke Whales, Dolphins, Seals,.... and Nudibranches.

30th August : Sawcut, Dun
One of a number of excellent dives within Village Bay, on the coast of Dun. A vertical gash cave about 50m deep.

Depth: 27, Time: 42	Jerry Gull (32%)	Anna Pascoe
Depth: 32, Time: 43 (3)	Nic Weeks (32%)	Stuart King
Depth: 26, Time: 37	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 29.5, Time: 38 (5)	Simon Perse (32%)	Jill Jokel
Depth: 29, Time: 38	Jos Matthews (32%)	Karen Durham-Diggins

30th August : East Side of Stac Lee
An Anemone covered wall.

Depth: 23, Time: 43 (1)	Jerry Gull (27%)	Anna Pascoe
Depth: 33, Time: 47 (3)	Nic Weeks (27%)	Stuart King
Depth: 23.5, Time: 49	Dave Fletcher (26%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 22, Time: 42 (3)	Simon Perse (32%)	Jill Jokel
Depth: 25, Time: 35 (3)	Jos Matthews	Karen Durham-Diggins

31st August : Boreray
An Anemone covered wall.

Depth: 29.5, Time: 34 (5)	Simon Perse (25%)	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 39.5, Time: 39 (3)	Jerry Gull (25%)	Jill Jokel
Depth: 30, Time: 38 (3)	Dave Fletcher	Anna Pascoe
Depth: 44, Time: 41 (3)	Nic Weeks (23%)	Spencer Polley

31st August : Caves on Dun, Village Bay
Two deep caves on the St Kilda side of the sawcut.

Depth: 23, Time: 42 (5)	Simon Perse (25%)	Jill Jokel
Depth: 26.5, Time: 55 (3)	Jerry Gull (25%)	Stuart King
Depth: 21, Time: 44 (3)	Dave Fletcher	Anna Pascoe
Depth: 23, Time: 39 (3)	Nic Weeks (23%)	Spencer Polley

1st September : Cathedral Rock, North East side of Hirta
A small stack, with a hollow centre, entered from a large cavern opening at 44m, with an exit at about 25m. We were followed through by a grey seal.

Depth: 47, Time: 35 (3)	Simon Perse	Spencer Polley
Depth: 45, Time: 36 (2)	Jerry Gull	Dave Fletcher
Depth: 46, Time: 36 (3)	Nic Weeks	Stuart King
Depth: 48, Time: 28 (3)	Jill Jokel	Karen Durham-Diggins

1st September : Mina Stac, Hirta
An arch, covered in anemones, in 30m.

Depth: 26, Time: 36 (3)	Simon Perse	Spencer Polley
Depth: 28, Time: 43 (3)	Jerry Gull	Dave Fletcher
Depth: 27, Time: 36 (3)	Nic Weeks	Stuart King
Depth: 25, Time: 35 (3)	Jill Jokel	Karen Durham-Diggins	Anna Pascoe

2nd September : Caves and Gullies. Village bay side of Dun
More caves, huge boulders, and overhangs.

Depth: 29, Time: 37 (2)	Jill Jokel	Karen Durham-Diggins	Anna Pascoe
Depth: 27, Time: 49 (3)	Dave Fletcher	Simon Perse
Depth: 28, Time: 51 (3)	Jerry Gull	Nic Weeks
Depth: 29.5, Time: 42 (2)	Spencer Polley	Stuart King

2nd September : Village bay
Search for a possible wreck on the floor of village bay. Did not find it, but the big clumps of kelp surrounded by areas of white sand were a change of scenery.

Depth: 16.5, Time: 32 (3)	Jill Jokel	Karen Durham-Diggins	Anna Pascoe
Depth: 19, Time: 52 (3)	Dave Fletcher	Simon Perse
Depth: 20, Time: 50 (3)	Jerry Gull	Mark Henries (rb)
Depth: 20.5, Time: 42 (2)	Spencer Polley	Stuart King

3rd September : Levenish
Everything you could want in a temperate ocean dive. So many astonishing sights they cannot be done justice to in words.

Depth: 29, Time: 33	Jill Jokel	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 29, Time: 44 (5)	Simon Perse	Jos Matthews
Depth: 31, Time: 49 (3)	Nic Weeks	Stuart King
Depth: 30, Time: 46	Jerry Gull	Spencer Polley
Depth: 28, Time: 42 (2)	Dave Fletcher	Anna Pascoe

3rd September : Sgarbh Stac, Boreray
A huge submerged arch, penetrating through the stac from side to side, in 30m vis. Dive ending on a vertical wall.

Depth: 30.5, Time: 39 (1)	Jill Jokel	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 31, Time: 46 (5)	Simon Perse	Jos Matthews
Depth: 33.5, Time: 46 (3)	Nic Weeks (30%)	Stuart King
Depth: 35, Time: 52	Jerry Gull	Spencer Polley
Depth: 31, Time: 41 (3)	Dave Fletcher (30%)	Anna Pascoe (30%)

4th September : Levenish

Depth: 31.5, Time: 30	Dave Fletcher (24%)	Jill Jokel
Depth: 28, Time: 32 (5)	Simon Perse	Jos Matthews (24%)
Depth: 33, Time: 34 (3)	Nic Weeks (24%)	Stuart King
Depth: 33.5, Time: 31 (2)	Jerry Gull (24%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 32, Time: 30 (3)	Anna Pascoe	Karen Durham-Diggins

5th September : Rondo, Sound of Mull
The famous vertical wreck, just outside Oban

Depth: 43, Time: 34 (3)	Jill Jokel	Spencer Polley
Depth: 27, Time: 29	Simon Perse	Jos Matthews	Jerry Gull
Depth: 49, Time: 34 (3)	Nic Weeks	Stuart King
Depth: 26.5, Time: 31	Anna Pascoe	Karen Durham-Diggins

Mevagissey : 14th - 19th September 2001

Marshall: Ted Oakley: Holborn Diver

9th September : SE Side of Dodman Point

Depth: 44, Time: 84 (41)	Steve Milner	Ted Oakley
Depth: 30, Time: 35	Peter Vojak	Ventsy Pavlov

10th September : Gwinges Cardinal Buoy

Depth: 33, Time: 63 (20)

Steve Milner

Ventsy Pavlov

14th September : Dodman Point

Depth: 45, Time: 57 (20)	Steve Milner	Ventsy Pavlov
Depth: 31, Time: 27 (1)	Ted Oakley	Paul McGarvey

15th September : Dodman Point and The Gwinges

Depth: 34.5, Time: 41	Ventsy Pavlov	Jill Jokel
Depth: 22, Time: 35	Ted Oakley	Paul McGarvey

18th September : Dodman Point and The Gwinges

Depth: 20, Time: 30	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 27, Time: 40 (1)	Keith Roshier	Jill Jokel

19th September : Dodman Point and The Gwinges

Depth: 26, Time: 32	Keith Roshier	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 37, Time: 48	Ted Oakley	Jill Jokel

21st September : Dodman Point

Depth: 20, Time: 30

Jill Jokel

Emma Kirk

James Lawrence

Eastbourne : 29th - 30th September 2001

Marshall: Colin Manders: Taurus
Second day blown out.

29th September : SS Rydell Hall
Big freighter - WW1 casualty, standing up to 13m proud in 40m. Bows intact but now lying almost on their starboard side. Vis 5-10m+

Depth: 35.5, Time: 48 (15)	Jerry Gull (29%)	Steve Taylor (rb)
Depth: 35.5, Time: 56 (22)	Dave Fletcher (30%)	Richard Heads (28%)	DFs computer defaulted to 21%, so did air stops.
Depth: 36.5, Time: 62 (30)	Colin Manders	Jonathon Lewis

29th September : Mount Stewart
Late 19th century steam sailing vessel. Very distinctive flared counter stern with prop and rudder in place. Remains of old triple expansion engine midships. Vis 4-5m

Depth: 31.5, Time: 38 (10)	Jerry Gull (29%)	Colin Manders	Jonathon Lewis
Depth: 32, Time: 51 (16)	Dave Fletcher (28%)	Richard Heads

Most dived divers in 2001
Dave Fletcher	41
Jerry Gull	37
Simon Perse	33
Nic Weeks	32
Spencer Polley	26
Karen Durham-Diggins	20
Steve Milner	20
Jos Matthews	18

John Deadman	15
James Lawrence	15
Anna Pascoe	15
Mark Reddick	13
Emma Kirk	13
Steve Taylor	12
Chrissy Rogers	11
Stuart King	11
Jeremy Carne	10

Felix Gamon	10
Jon Poulton	9
Dan Clarke	9
Cleo Juan	8
Aurelio Martegani	8
Ted Oakley	8
Keith Roshier	7
Michael Suissa	7
Colin Manders	6

Richard Anderson	6
Rebecca Jay	5
Gail Downey	4
Jonathon Lewis	4
Paul Fingleton	3
Richard Heads	3
Helen Bligh	3
Mike Maloney	1
Jan Maloney	1
TOTAL	444

Most active instructors in 2001
Simon Perse	14
Nic Weeks	10

Jos Matthews	10
Dave Fletcher	6
Jerry Gull	1
TOTAL	41

Types of dive platform
Shore	19
Holborn Diver	237
Hard-boat	146
Live-aboard	110

Dives broken down by depth
0-10 metres	14
10-15 metres	40
15-20 metres	43
21-25 metres	34
25-30 metres	74
30-35 metres	48
35-40 metres	6
40+ metres	12

444 dives by branch members (plus 68 dives by non-members), Total = 512

Mean depth = 22 metres, mean time = 37 minutes.