Repulse & Prince of Wales April 2011

[gordon mackie]

having missed the dives due to the ash cloud, I have booked Vincent's Black Manta http://www.whitemanta.com/mvblackmanta.php for 6-13 April 2011, which gives us neap tides.
£1700 pp plus gas costs (all food on board included) plus flights to Singapore which were £630 last year. Best to factor in 2 or 3 nights in Singapore before the trip and 2 after (£45 a night is average)
Hari, Nick and I will be doing all the gas blending, guiding, line laying and organising lime, cylinders, Js of He and O2 and promise to make it a great trip

Plan is
day 1 7 Skies (tanker in 60m)
day 2 Repulse (Battlecruiser on side in 50m)
day 3 Repulse
day 4 Repulse
day 5 Prince of Wales (Battleship upside down in 70m)
day 6 Prince of Wales
day 7 Maritime Fidelity on way home (Tanker in 45m with good penetration)

1) Me (crew)
2) Lorrie
3) Hari (crew)
4) Nick saunders (crew)
5) Osiris (RBW)
6) Pavel Loiteris
7) JimB (Finstrokes)
8) Jeff Gershen (RBW)
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[neil_richardson]

mate, seriously interested,, and i'd be coming from Australia,,, so you able to ping me some more details or whatever you've got on:

ngrichardson at btinternet dot com ??

Ta...

N

[gordon mackie]

email sent

G

[neil_richardson]

sweet,, just got it :-)

i'll send you a more direct email back...

We're all BSAC out here, and we have a number of Normoxic's ie 65m rating,, so.... and yep, always been two wrecks VERY high on my agenda... :-)

[gordon mackie]

Perfect, I was not happy when all the flights were grounded last year and I missed out. One of the world's "must do" dives.

Plan is to meet up in Singapore, join the boat and have a good trip and some really good diving. Nick, Hari and I will do the blending and donkey work and everyone else can relax

[Eddie Clamp]

Perfect, I was not happy when all the flights were grounded last year and I missed out. One of the world's "must do" dives.

Plan is to meet up in Singapore, join the boat and have a good trip and some really good diving. Nick, Hari and I will do the blending and donkey work and everyone else can relax

Seems a long time ago since this:
http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/First_RN_Diving_Survey_on_HMS_Repulse_and_HMS_Prin ce_of_Wales.htm

Seems it is a regular dive now :( . Anyway I believe that this exped will treat the war graves with respect they deserve.

[gordon mackie]

Absolutely - the wrecks will be treated with the respect that they deserve

[Eddie Clamp]

Absolutely - the wrecks will be treated with the respect that they deserve

Cheers Gordon!

Now the wrecks are one of the world's "must do" dives it ain't gonna be the same IMHO :(

[gordon mackie]

Yes, a lot depends on the dive boat owners - a strict "no touch" rule should be agreed between all the operators. I will be making sure that my guys look but don't touch

[gordon mackie]

PRICE REDUCTION
As it is the Black Manta, price is slightly cheaper..always a good thing

I have booked Vincent's Black Manta http://www.whitemanta.com/mvblackmanta.php for 6-13 April 2011, which gives us neap tides.
£1650 pp plus gas costs (all food on board included) plus flights to Singapore which were £630 last year. Best to factor in 2 or 3 nights in Singapore before the trip and 2 after (£45 a night is average)
Hari, Nick and I will be doing all the gas blending, guiding, line laying and organising lime, cylinders, Js of He and O2 and promise to make it a great trip

Plan is
day 1 7 Skies (tanker in 60m)
day 2 Repulse (Battlecruiser on side in 50m)
day 3 Repulse
day 4 Repulse
day 5 Prince of Wales (Battleship upside down in 70m)
day 6 Prince of Wales
day 7 Maritime Fidelity on way home (Tanker in 45m with good penetration)

1) Me (crew)
2) Lorrie
3) Hari (crew)
4) Nick saunders (crew)
5) Osiris (RBW)
6) Pavel Loiteris
7) JimB (Finstrokes)
8) Jeff Gershen (RBW)
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10)
11)
12)
13)
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[bakerstreet]

Seems a long time ago since this:
http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/First_RN_Diving_Survey_on_HMS_Repulse_and_HMS_Prin ce_of_Wales.htm

Seems it is a regular dive now :( . Anyway I believe that this exped will treat the war graves with respect they deserve.

Sadly we lost one of our club members on this wreck. We put a plaque on the wreck earlier this year

[gordon mackie]

As only 2 folk were left booked on when I looked for deposits, not worth running the trip and it had reached decision time for paying the owner or dropping out

Trip has had to be postponed