Steve Pearson
08-01-2006, 11:50
Having been appointed as REDS co-ordinator for North West region I am organising an event which should be the biggest expedition of the year, and to do it I need your involvement.
Big RED Bash 2006 is to involve several hundred divers, diving simultaneously on wrecks off the coast of Anglesey(Wales) carrying out a marine survey of the wrecks in conjunction with the Marine Conservation Society and the Nautical Archaeological Society.
Branches are to put forward a team of members using branch Rhibs to carry out the surveys. Teams will have a Cox, and dive marshal, with pairs of divers carrying out the survey tasks. Tasks will include videoing/photographing the wreck site (to be used as part of an expedition Video CD to be produced) Marine life surveys, wreck state survey, measurements survey.
A HQ will be set up to co-ordinate and compile survey results, with team leaders who are trainee FCD’s being responsible for 4-6 branches each.
Those branches without Rhibs, and individuals/smaller numbers will be diving from hardboats to be chartered for the weekend or allocated to branches who don’t have a full compliment in their Rhib.
Most diving will be in 10-35m range and therefore suitable for SD’s or above, however we are also looking for some Tekkie teams willing to dive on 60m+ wrecks as well.
The expedition will take place Sat 2nd/Sun 3rd September 2006 and we will be applying for grants to fund accommodation for the weekend. A social bar-b-que will be organised for Sat evening for everyone to get together and have a good fun, and entertaining night.
I have a highly qualified team of organisers assisting me in making this a terrific success, but we need your help to do it.
We are hoping to get some good media coverage of the event, and attract a few celebrity divers to take part, you never know you may get one as part of your team.
The event is open to all branches Nationally, the more the merrier. I’ll be giving regular updates as to how things are progressing, but need early commitments from branches in order that we may sort out the administration and accommodation bookings.
Please leave a post in this forum if you are interested in taking part in this possibly record breaking event, or send me a private message.
If you have any positive suggestions as to the event please feel free to PM me.
Don’t miss this opportunity of Diving with a Purpose, at dive sites you may not have dived before. It’s also a chance for those taking advanced diver quals to get AP2 signed off, by submitting an expedition plan for the weekend, based upon guidelines I will give, and then marshaling your branches diving activities for the expedition. Those wanting to be signed off who don’t have AI’s in their club will be allocated an AI for the dives to oversee the marshaling.
Hope to hear from you
Steve
Big RED Bash 2006 is to involve several hundred divers, diving simultaneously on wrecks off the coast of Anglesey(Wales) carrying out a marine survey of the wrecks in conjunction with the Marine Conservation Society and the Nautical Archaeological Society.
Branches are to put forward a team of members using branch Rhibs to carry out the surveys. Teams will have a Cox, and dive marshal, with pairs of divers carrying out the survey tasks. Tasks will include videoing/photographing the wreck site (to be used as part of an expedition Video CD to be produced) Marine life surveys, wreck state survey, measurements survey.
A HQ will be set up to co-ordinate and compile survey results, with team leaders who are trainee FCD’s being responsible for 4-6 branches each.
Those branches without Rhibs, and individuals/smaller numbers will be diving from hardboats to be chartered for the weekend or allocated to branches who don’t have a full compliment in their Rhib.
Most diving will be in 10-35m range and therefore suitable for SD’s or above, however we are also looking for some Tekkie teams willing to dive on 60m+ wrecks as well.
The expedition will take place Sat 2nd/Sun 3rd September 2006 and we will be applying for grants to fund accommodation for the weekend. A social bar-b-que will be organised for Sat evening for everyone to get together and have a good fun, and entertaining night.
I have a highly qualified team of organisers assisting me in making this a terrific success, but we need your help to do it.
We are hoping to get some good media coverage of the event, and attract a few celebrity divers to take part, you never know you may get one as part of your team.
The event is open to all branches Nationally, the more the merrier. I’ll be giving regular updates as to how things are progressing, but need early commitments from branches in order that we may sort out the administration and accommodation bookings.
Please leave a post in this forum if you are interested in taking part in this possibly record breaking event, or send me a private message.
If you have any positive suggestions as to the event please feel free to PM me.
Don’t miss this opportunity of Diving with a Purpose, at dive sites you may not have dived before. It’s also a chance for those taking advanced diver quals to get AP2 signed off, by submitting an expedition plan for the weekend, based upon guidelines I will give, and then marshaling your branches diving activities for the expedition. Those wanting to be signed off who don’t have AI’s in their club will be allocated an AI for the dives to oversee the marshaling.
Hope to hear from you
Steve