http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk This is the official website and blog of Brighton Marina Divers Fri, 27 May 2011 23:24:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Over the winter months (January – March) we will be running a number of refresher courses to keep members up to date and ready for the new season. These will be short sessions of around 30 minutes going over the key points and be held at BMYC on Thursday evening club nights ... http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2011/01/09/winter-refresher-courses/   Brighton Marina Divers will be running several Try Dives sessions in early 2011 and plan to begin Ocean Diver Training in March/April.       A Try Dive is the perfect introduction to scuba diving and so if you've always wanted to learn, would like to test out the water before you go on holiday ... http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2010/02/16/try-dive-splash-14th-march/ http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2009/10/21/gozo-holiday-pix-2009/ Betsey Anna Mysteriously Moved   Note: Names have been changed to protect the author from imprisonment and a good thrashing!   Five club members and an interloper headed to Swanage for a weekends diving at the end of June – Larry, Paul, Nigel, Mark, John and Mick. The plan was to tow the big ... http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2009/07/07/swanage-june-2009/ The plan was to dive the City of Waterford, lines off at 10 am, bearing 184 degrees from Brighton Marina and eight nautical miles away. The City of Waterford lies in 35 metres following a collision with a Greek cargo vessel in dense fog in 1949. It’s a great wreck, ... http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2009/06/22/secret-scallop-ground-revealed/ Kate Cole of Sussex Seasearch has kindly agreed to run a Seasearch Observer course for Brighton Marina Divers on 13th June at Brighton Marina Yacht Club. This is a one day course starting at 10am and finishing around 5pm aimed at giving divers new to the Seasearch project and new ... http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2009/06/01/seasearch-observer-course-%e2%80%93-13th-june/ The first club dive of the year took place in early April when five club members David, John, Mark, Paul and Nigel ventured out to Loogate, a chalk reef located three miles to the west of Brighton Marina. It was what many call a shakedown dive – a chance to ... http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2009/04/17/extreme-deck-chairing/ Cleaning mussels off the No 2 Buoy for Brighton Marina Yacht Club on a chilly December Day or as one of the club members commented Tubby Issacs (Paul Scully) and his assistant (John Hayes) harvest mussels to stock their Algate shell fish stall.   http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2008/12/13/vintage-2008-mussells/ John is hiding in his van, and David is hiding behind the camera... previlage of the cameraman. http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2008/01/11/the-plymouth-dive-crew/ http://www.brightonmarinadivers.org.uk/2008/01/11/preparing-to-dive-in-plymouth/