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2014 Dive Program Y WWaatteerrSSppoouutt 2014 Diamond Anniversary Edition 22001144 DDiivvee PPrrooggrraamm The Magaziine of Bournemouth & Poolle Diive Cllub Establliished 1954 and cellebratiing 60 years of safe diiviing Bournemouth and Poolle Diive Cllub iis open to ALL qualliifiied diivers (we ♥ PADI!) and owns a 7.25m RIB, kept at Parkstone Bay Mariina. It’’s fuelllled and ready to go and you coulld be onboard. Waterspout Spring 2014 Page 2 of 34 Index Chairman’s Blog ....................................................................................................................... 3 The History of Waterspout ........................................................................................................ 3 Autumn Party ............................................................................................................................ 4 How I Met James Bond through Diving ..................................................................................... 5 Sandpaper Kisses at Westbeach .............................................................................................. 6 Calor Gas to Mixed Gas ............................................................................................................ 6 An Idiots Guide To Rebreathers ............................................................................................... 8 Palau & Truk Lagoon .............................................................................................................. 10 Underwater – One world with different faces .......................................................................... 12 The Northern Wrecks and Reefs of the Red Sea. ................................................................... 13 Dive Pricing And Membership Options ................................................................................... 16 Dive Program 2014 ................................................................................................................. 17 Diving Officers Report ............................................................................................................. 21 Why Would You Want To Join A BSAC Diving Club? ............................................................. 21 Obituaries ............................................................................................................................... 23 Red Sea – then and now. ....................................................................................................... 25 A Personal Anniversary .......................................................................................................... 28 A Recent History Of Buoyancy ............................................................................................... 32 Cover Photo Top Left - Bill Bailey and friend – photo courtesy of Verdun Bailey; Top Right - Bill Bailey preparing to dive under the sea ice in 1963– photo courtesy of Verdun Bailey; Middle Left – Adrian King ice diving at the New Forest Water Sport Park January 2010 - photo courtesy of Saeed Rashid; Middle Right – Vic Cooper RNLI Poole Session March 2011 - photo courtesy of Saeed Rashid; Bottom Left – West Bay Diving January 2001 - photo courtesy of Vic Cooper; Bottom Right – Wolbarrow Bay 1965 Featuring John Lowe and mystery dog - photo courtesy of Mandy Lowe. Waterspout Spring 2014 Page 3 of 34 Chairman’s Blog Hi Everyone, Welcome to the 2014 Waterspout and indeed to the 60th year of the club. As Branch 006 of the British Sub-Aqua Club we have been in it from the start and we are still offering an experienced, safe diving environment in local waters and further afield. This coming year will see a grand reunion of members past and present at the prestigious RNLI college which will give us an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the past 60 years. The club remains the biggest and most active diving club in the area and continues to offer diving on each and every Saturday and Sunday from Easter to Halloween. The club’s newly refurbished 7.5 metre diesel-inboard RIB will continue to be based at Parkstone Bay Marina, one of Poole’s premier boating facilities. The boat is fully maintained, fuelled and launched by the marina staff making it readily available whenever it is required. Remember, anyone else keeping a boat at this facility will have spent many thousands of pounds to do so rather than less than £200 and will spend over a hundred pounds on fuel each outing when our trips will only cost about £20. This really is diving at its best value. Plus you get to decide when and where you want to dive and have the opportunity to learn boat handling skills. Saturdays will continue to provide a sound, developmental environment with easy local diving which is “Done by Lunchtime”. Sunday’s dive sites tend to be tide dependant and will appeal to the more adventurous wreck diver who is able to devote more time to their sport. The club will be even more active socially this year with a regular pub night and non-diving activities to keep us entertained during the dry season. The boat’s ready, the dives are planned, so let’s dive the plan!” Adrian King (Chairman) The History of Waterspout The Club was formed in March 1954 and grew steadily. By 1961 we had reached a membership of about 120, and it was felt that to keep in touch with members and give them information we should produce a Branch Magazine. The Magazine, produced by John Foulkes and John Hoy, was named "Waterspout", and the first cover is reproduced on the Waterspout Spring 2014 Page 4 of 34 front of this issue. The reason for the unusual crest is that spearfishing was the main activity in the late 50's and early 60's and conger eels provided real sport to catch, hence the knotted conger. The spouting whale and the three filled pint pots represent a boozy evening in the local hostelry after a good day's diving. All the printing was carried out on a hand-operated Roneo and stencils typed by my wife Shirley. The captions and drawings were all done by hand. Some years later I was able to buy a second-hand automatic Roneo and an electronic stencil-maker and these lasted for many years. Everything is now produced on a photocopier and the articles arrive by e-mail. Although I do not attend Club functions very often I am still very interested in the Club's activities and progress. I still ventureinto warmer waters when on holiday. The Club has advanced since the days when we had to cobble together our diving equipment from Army Surplus Stores and converted Calor Gas regulators. Our diving suits were hand- made from Rubber Zote. The Club boat was a clapped-out Avon Dinghy with a Seagull outboard motor. I see in the first issue that the Club Spring Dance was to be held at the King's Arms, Christchurch and tickets would cost 8/6d. (42p. by to-day's value!) The Club owned their own compressor (until it blew up') and standard bottles were charged at 3/6d. (18p.) to 120 ats. Our headquarters was the Peel Court Hotel, Bournemouth where all the dry meetings, committee meetings and other activities took place. Chairman of the Club at that time was Humphrey Turner who was the Club expert on catching Conger Eels (back to the crest). John Hoy Editor and Producer of 'Waterspout' 1961-2001 Autumn Party In November the club members got together for an Autumn Celebration. As well as a great social event this was also an opportunity to do some well needed fund raising towards the boat costs. Barbequed farm sausages were provided by Paul Bluett in his own expert style and the participants were kept warm with spicy parsnip soup. Great fun was had by all and despite his best efforts Yung's children made it to the end of the evening without setting themselves on fire! The next fundraising social will be a walking treasure hunt on Sunday February 23rd 2014.....put the date in your diary Waterspout Spring 2014 Page 5 of 34 How I Met James Bond through Diving A long time ago when I was a wee baby diver I had a dream of trying to make a living from diving, but I was not sure quite how. I started the BSAC route, and after qualifying as an Instructor, decided to do the Commercial Diver course at Fort Bovisand. At that time, before I met my lovely wife (who typed this up for me!); I happened to bump into an old Actress/Dancer girlfriend. She was going for a casting on a Bond film and needed to learn how to dive – I taught her, and she got the part of Body Double for Michelle Yeo in Tomorrow Never Dies. As she was quite nervous underwater, she asked me to be present on set. I got chatting to the crew, and next thing I know I was being trained up as an action extra – my role was to move the extras away from the explosions and to run from the chasing helicopter. It was amazing, I had been born for this role…I am Chinese, I like guns! Then, even better, they asked me to be in a bedroom scene. I found this very tough, lying under a semi naked girl in the name of Art (wife still typing) but, as they say, someone’s got to do it. Pierce Brosnan disturbed my acting by crashing through the roof with a helicopter perusing him. It took 7 takes to perfect. Shame. In the next Bond film, The World is Not Enough, I spent the time as a safety stand-by diver – this mostly involved standing around in a dry suit for hours. We were 4 weeks filming at Pinewood and on the Thames. One day I was asked to body double for a stuntman. It turns out I am body doubling for someone who is a bit bigger than me and who has been shot. My costume is a suit with three bullet holes complete with fake blood.
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