Lets dive the U260 !! NOW!

Peace

Well actually not now!

I'm thinking of doing a bit of diving on the weekend of the 26/27th. Head down to baltimore for the weekend and try to get in a dive on the U260... 40-42m i think is the depth on that sucker... not suitable for everyone HOWEVER the other big honkin wreck is there, the Kowloon Bridge. Ranges from 6m to 36m anyone can enjoy a dive on her. She's apparently the biggest diveable wreck in Europa.

So vote 'Yes I'm interested' or whatever.... I've nothing booked and haven't even made any phone calls so don't even ask me about availibility. http://www.aquaventures.ie are the dive op that i'll be targeting.

Discover scuba courses are available for anyone who is thinking about getting their feet wet. Check the aquaventures website for details.

donny

I highly recommend aquaventures. They're really nice people.

As for the U260, brilliant dive and I hope to go back over the summer. I did however hear a rumour that someone has taken the lens out of the periscope.

Whoever did this should be shot. For me it was the highlight of the wreck, to see the lens in perfect condition after all these years.

Evil Phil

The U260 might be a bit beyond me, unless I do my deep diver course

Otherwise there's always the Kowloon brige. Thats if I'm going of course.

Mick L

Those poll results are pretty convincing!!!!

donny

oh by the way, would love to tag along... but diving the Laurentic that weekend. Really looking forward to that

DirtyDog

Ban Peace..........ban ban ban

ka

Sorry taking Divers to Laurentic that weekend.....working (real work) on the sunday!



Enjoy - Sounds cool - the Kowloon Bridge will have to be on my list of to do dives....
Dont you just hate wreck wreckers...the laurentic has a fair share of them.. :-(


Donny- are you with us????



Good Diving :-)


Ka:-)

Peace

Originally posted by donny
diving the Laurentic that weekend. Really looking forward to that

What dive operator are you using for the laurentic donny?

Just out of interest, how long are you spending on the wreck? I dived it about 6 weeks ago and planned 30minutes at 39m.... never got below 37.6 i think.

donny

eh not sure exactly who I'm going to the Laurentic with. I'm not the one organising it

Ka you doing your CMAS *** this year by any chance?

I enjoyed the Kowloon... I've dived it twice but its nothing compared to the U260. The Kowloon bridge is too big really. You lose all sense of scale. I haven't dived the bow yet tho. I hear thats a great dive if the swell isn't too bad.

donny

oh and as for time on the wreck... I definitely won't be spending a half hour on it. I will be diving a twinset, but doing the whole dive on air including any decompression stops so bottom time won't be very long sadly.

ka

Hi Donny

We are taking a group from GMIT / NUIG?

The Laurentic depth will vary slightly with tide, there are neap tides the weekend of 26th 27th so it will be that little bit shallower, and as we always try to have divers there for the slack tide. Understanding the tides in the area is vital. It makes the diver more enjoyable as well as safer.

Not doing the CMAS*** but Derek is (husband) just done prerequisites last saturday. I am PADI through and through :-) will be doing Divemaster etc... and possible some TDI / IANTD in the future...

Ka:-)

donny

yep thats my group

Heard its going to be neaps that weekend alright. Must be Derek so that our group was talking to.

Did the Leading Diver pre reqs myself at the weekend and should have the Divemaster finished in mid July hopefully.

I also hope to do an IANTD course before the end of the year.

Peace

Maybe Nordic diver could jump in here with his norwegian air tables and scare the crap out of us with his run time....i'm not joking... his tables get you out of the water faster for the same dives when he's on air and i'm on 50% nitrox for deco.

dublinbay

Hi guys, enjoy the w/e in Baltimore. The Kowloon caters for all levels 6m bow to 40m ish stern. Best of luck Derek and Donny on the L.D. weekend. Only 5 from Dublin North region on the CMAS *** W/E AFAIK! I`m off up to Donegal on the 12,13 and 14 July for course, Nordic if that suits you are welcome to come along.

Borzoi

Can't go that weekend, besides not qualified to 30mtr, so I'd hate to be regalled of how great the sub is after my day on the KB:D

On the plus side, I'm down in Castlebar tomorrow (Friday) for work so I'm going to continue on to Scubadivewest on Saturday, do an cold water orientation dive* with them in the morning and a boat dive in the afternoon

Whehay

* I'm used to the water being 30C when I've been diving

Evil Phil

Do your dry suit Borzoi, much better than semi-dry.

Borzoi

I suspect I will agree with you but first things first eh?

Peace

Originally posted by Evil Phil
Do your dry suit Borzoi, much better than semi-dry.

Originally posted by Borzoi
I suspect I will agree with you but first things first eh?

Phil is speaking the truth here.... Combine everything into one weekend (dry + cold water oreintation)... trust me they won't turn your money away and might even work something out with you.

Diving dry is pretty bloddy nice... i won't tell you that its warm... sometimes its not.. but at least its dry... most of the time . I could NEVER go back to semi/wet suit diving in ireland (or any cold water).

Peace

Well.... aquaventures gave me a bit of a frosty reception and an alomst definate NO as they won't put a third boat into the water for only 3 divers. The other two ribs are full. I also got a lecture for asking to do the U260 twice in one weekend.... "3 divers will not dictate to the rest of the people on the boat have to go..." I also got the impressio you will also have to fit in with everyone else so if there are people who can't dive the U260 then noone dives it. Thanks for nothing.

Seems all the padi divers are coming out of the wood work and filling my boat places.. feckin fair weather mullah's...

Tried a few dive op's in donegal and again are either full/"won't drop you on the U861 as its too far away"... what 25minutes inn a rib?/ring you back later and give you a an idea of when i'm free.....

Whats a guy gotta do to get in a couple of dives...
*sigh* :dunno:

Evil Phil

We could just go and do some 'regular' dives. Due to unforseen circumstances I can now go diving that weekend.

Borzoi

Originally posted by Peace

Diving dry is pretty bloddy nice... i won't tell you that its warm... sometimes its not.. but at least its dry... most of the time . I could NEVER go back to semi/wet suit diving in ireland (or any cold water).

Did two dives on Saturday, both off the shore in 7mm + 5mm shortie, but had awful trouble with bouancy esp as we keep in very shallow water 3-6mtr mostly. Second dive again off shore was better, from my own p.o.v. but visibility was brutal 3-5mtr. Comfortably warm dive in water about 15C

But I did see the point of the dry suit when my dive buddy got kitted up by taking his shoes off, putting on a extra pair of socks, then pulling the dry duit on over his Jeans and fleece - nice!

Oh, and thanks to Phil's dive report about Killary I didn't get caught by the unisex showers!!:D

NordicDiver

Hello Borzoi

7mm + 5mm shorty sounds a lot, that is 12mm on body! is it normal to add on 5mm shorty ontop of the wetsuit ? i have very little experiance in "coldwater diving", only did one dive in a wetsuit in easter time in norway because of a drysuit failure.

How much weight did they put on you Borzoi ?

Jan-E.

Borzoi

Thanks for the other info NordicDiver.

From what I gather 7mm + 5mm is fairly normal here - for all year round, so water 8-15C or thereabouts. Odd rush of cold water around the ear no and again but otherwise was comfortable, except for a small cold part around the mouth and cheeks - which no suit will help!

I was using a 12kg belt in the tropics, I'm not a small guy, started the first dive with 14kg, added 4kg more in the water. Brutal

Evil Phil

In 8 degree water every guy is small.

I'll get my coat ...

Peace

Originally posted by Evil Phil
We could just go and do some 'regular' dives. Due to unforseen circumstances I can now go diving that weekend.

I am officially "open to suggestions".

Waterworld are full in the house but he could accomodate the diving. However no access to swimming pool/sauna due to insurance. It would mean sourcing and booking B&B else where.

Lets hear em folks.....

Oh, and stop hijacking my thread ffs!

Peace

called kilkee dive centre and they have room for people this weekend.... accomodation is seperate to the dive centre.

can i get a show of hands here....daveg - you've been keeping a very low profile on this thread, i know you are watching.

come on folks...whst else are you going to do with you weekend?

Mick L

a hand

Evil Phil

Another hand

NordicDiver

No rust ? no wreck ?
What`s next, PADI Naturalist Specialty Course ?

Evil Phil

Originally posted by NordicDiver
No rust ? no wreck ?
What`s next, PADI Naturalist Specialty Course ?

If it a naturists diving course then I'm there!

Evil Phil

I can't make it after all guys, I have business commitments to meet.

Peace

No problem phil... i was to confirm the booking today anyway so there was nothing set in stone.

daveg

Originally posted by Peace
can i get a show of hands here....daveg - you've been keeping a very low profile on this thread, i know you are watching.

I'm lurking. I'm afriad I've just had an expensive weekend in Dublin to celebrate my 30th :ninja: My finances are well and truly fúcked now

Evil Phil

Its going to be a nightmare getting to Kilkee this weekend with Fuher Bush flying into to Shannon.

Peace

At the end of the day Kilkee wasn't my 1st/2nd/3rd choice for diving this weekend and since it would only be myself and mick i'm gonna save my money.

No dives.....

Peace

OK....OK....

We're off to baltimore for the August bank holiday weekend. Kinda Take 2 folks.

Anyone interested then just pack a bag and come on down. We're diving with Baltimoredivers..

Evil Phil

Poll reset

NordicDiver

Great news guys, the SkyPeriscope on U260 is not destroyed, check out the gallery section and donnys new excellent picture this saturday, cant wait for the weekend. I just hope the we are going to be able to dive the the U260 twice.
Shame on the dive operator if not


Jan

Peace

Originally posted by NordicDiver
Great news guys, the SkyPeriscope on U260 is not destroyed, check out the gallery section and donnys new excellent picture this saturday, cant wait for the weekend. I just hope the we are going to be able to dive the the U260 twice.
Shame on the dive operator if not


Jan

Jan,
I spoke to John today, this morning. He says that we can get the U260 definately once but maybe not twice.

Asked about fastnet rock and it was "everything has to be right for that site".

Kowloon bridge is ont he sheets.... i think there is a group booked in that like to dive it. I'll be pissed off if thats the way it happens but sure unless we went mid week then thats the way the cookie crumbles... feckin' PADI fair weather divers... man they do my head in.

You're on your own for accomodation... myself and the other fella are booked in. Accom is 20euro p.p.p.n. and no food included whatsoever.

Diving is 35 for one dive in a day and 55 for two.

Diving is from a hard boat not a rib (praise the lord).

Anyone who is up for a bit... www.baltimorediving.com for more info.

donny

Would love to go along. U-260 is still my favourite dive.

Had an excellent weekend diving with Baltimore diving. I'm booked in to go diving off Inis Meain for the weekend though. Another great spot. Anyone else been diving there? Think I've dived 10 different wrecks in the last month.... maybe some scenic diving will be nice for a change

NordicDiver

Thanx Peace for the information, it was hard to get a BB for myselfe and the missus in Baltimore this weekend seems to be a sailing weekend there, we are booked in 15 minutes away.

Donny we missed u by a week this time we will catch u soon

Seems to be liveaboard off N.Ireland/Donegal my cash are spent on from now, think we are to awkward to fit in to A4 diving...

Never heard about Inis Meain, soo cant help u there donny.

Peace

ooohhhh... my first posy in vbulletin3!

Anyway... a gentle reminder to all interested that we are actually going THIS weekend... as in today.

Anyone who wants to join us in more than welcome. You are not required to do the U260 if its out of your range... there will be other divers on the boat and they will be diving a site nearby. Hopefully we get more than one shot on the u260 but it doesn't look all that likely!

donny

*jealous*

Still... Inis Meain should be good craic for the weekend. Diving there is great

Peace

donny wrote:

*jealous*

Still... Inis Meain should be good craic for the weekend. Diving there is great

And the weather is looking mighty fine!

donny

So how did trip to Baltimore go?

Mick L

The Baltimore trip went very well, the highlight of course being the U-boat, yes, yes we actually got to see a U-boat. It was excellent seeing it as we approached, I was surprised how intact it was, apart from the bow. Didn't get to see the torpedo but I think we saw pretty much everything else. The periscope is an excellent feature, still intact. The wreck is small enough so that you can get a perspective of the whole thing pretty quickly and know exactly what you're looking at, unlike the Kowloon Bridge which was also an enjoyable dive but not as good as the 260.

donny

donny

and for scale...

NordicDiver

Yes, there was a lot of compressed air tanks, some had fallen of the wreck and now lies on the seabed. Seems like it was a lot of backscatter in the water when u where there.

We had only one dive on the U-260, and its a nice intact wreck.

There are a torpedo inside the starboard torpedo tube in the front, not to easy to see because it is crushed.

And rumers say it is one torpedo (just vizable) in the sand a meter or two in front of the destroyed bow, we could not locate this one.

Sorry to hear about your flooded camera Donny.