Harry25
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Dates are ok for me. Just have to work out logistics of how to get there. Is there enough room for my SWMBO?
Forum Dive cruise with Blue Angel
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vas
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Bart,
just returning to normal life after a v.extensive external examiners board visit to the dept...
Am afraid that's first week of lectures for the year and it wont be easy not to be at the uni.
I'm sure there'll be other oportunities to meet and explore your beautiful crafts but doesn't look like this one works for me.
cheers
V.
just returning to normal life after a v.extensive external examiners board visit to the dept...
Am afraid that's first week of lectures for the year and it wont be easy not to be at the uni.
I'm sure there'll be other oportunities to meet and explore your beautiful crafts but doesn't look like this one works for me.
cheers
V.
BartW
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even more good news you're in !
BartW
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BartW
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OK that was quick !
from now I have to put new reservations on the waiting list,
still have to sort some things out with my swmbo,
and decide for one or no cook tbc
for those that have a reservation, pls keep me updated if your plans change, and if you or your partner can't make it for a certain reason,
you might make someone else happy.
same for extra "non" diving guests, as we don't know yet if another boat will be around, we put these reservations on hold. or also on a waiting list.
later this month I will post more practical information and details,
from now I have to put new reservations on the waiting list,
still have to sort some things out with my swmbo,
and decide for one or no cook tbc
for those that have a reservation, pls keep me updated if your plans change, and if you or your partner can't make it for a certain reason,
you might make someone else happy.
same for extra "non" diving guests, as we don't know yet if another boat will be around, we put these reservations on hold. or also on a waiting list.
later this month I will post more practical information and details,
Pinnacle
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BartW
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have been thinking about this Callum,
but I believe its is difficult to organise and many practical constraints,
its a hassle to get the gear there for each diver also the personal stuff,
if its only for a few teaser dives, it isn't worth the effort.
when mates stay in a hotel, we are very limited in the distance we can travel, we have to stay in the area.
This is tipically not the aim of a dive cruise.
the number of divers on BA is limited, 6 is nice, 8..9 is maximum, so even with non resident guests, or guests on other boats,
we can't accomodate more divers.
we don't know yet if a boat from the Antibes gang will show up, to accomodate the "tourist visitors"
let this occasion be a try-out, and make conclusions for a next cruise
MapisM
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Just to follow up on this - many thanks in advance!
Anyway, depending on how I will arrange some other trips, we (myself and swmbo) could be able to bring our own stuff.
Will confirm you as soon as I'll know for sure.
It looks like we'll have an epic thread to post, by the end of this season!
waterbird
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Looks like you are going to have a wonderful time!
Hi All,
It sounds like it is going to be a wonderful trip, we are still keeping fingers crossed our property situation will grant our dreams this Spring/Summer. We are still hoping to achieve our Day Skipper qualifications and ICC this year all being well. As for Diving Lou needs to do her Padi refreshers for her instructor certificates etc but once done she is again qualified to take novices down. So future trips will hopefully be viable for us.
We are hoping we may be able to meet up with you guys somewhen down there on the glorious Med even if it is just to say Hi . Got to keep positive the Med cruise aboard our own Boat dream is firmly in our Hearts
Hope it all works out wonderfully for all of you, you really are a lovely bunch of people.
Waterbird
Hi All,
It sounds like it is going to be a wonderful trip, we are still keeping fingers crossed our property situation will grant our dreams this Spring/Summer. We are still hoping to achieve our Day Skipper qualifications and ICC this year all being well. As for Diving Lou needs to do her Padi refreshers for her instructor certificates etc but once done she is again qualified to take novices down. So future trips will hopefully be viable for us.
We are hoping we may be able to meet up with you guys somewhen down there on the glorious Med
even if it is just to say Hi . Got to keep positive the Med cruise aboard our own Boat dream is firmly in our Hearts Hope it all works out wonderfully for all of you, you really are a lovely bunch of people.
Waterbird
Harry25
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Hi Bart my wife has decided not to go on the inaugural Forum Dive Cruise as a non diver and with limited spaces it would be selfish to deprive other divers, and with Match probably not being available there will be a lack of accommodation. However I did say that maybe MapisM will arrange one next year in Sardinia!!
Harry
Harry
MapisM
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LOL, ever heard what Keynes thought of long term plans? Place is here, time is now!
My boat alone can't offer a lot of sleeping accomodation I'm afraid, but in the island there are good hotels at sensible prices.
Anyone interested in arranging some dives, just ask!
In fact, we already organised a diving week with Bart and his diving club mates in June.
For those afraid of cold(ish) water, it's actually better a bit later in the season, e.g. Jul, Aug, and also Sep.
But in May and Jun there is the very unique opportunity to dive inside the "tonnara", with literally hundreds of giant bluefin tuna!
This video (among others) gives an idea...
BartW
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Here some more practical info about the dive cruise:
Arrival on Blue Angel in Toulon Port Vieille Darse, On Saturday 29 september 2012
We sail out Sunday morning after breakfast, first dive very close to Toulon
Plan is to navigate ao around Porquerolles
Stay overnight in different marina’s, and perhaps also one night on anker.
Exact timing and planning will be adapted to weather conditions
At the end of the week, Return in Toulon Port on Saturday 6 October.
How to get there:
There are airports, in Toulon (10 min by cab) Or Marseille (20min bus + 40min train)
Or railway (Thalys to Marseille)
or road; 1300km from London
If your schedule makes it impossible to get to / leave Toulon on Saturday’s
We can try to arrange a transfer with the tender. Tbc individually
You need to bring,
clothes for a week and personal stuff, mobile phone and charger, …
Some might want to wear slippers, otherwise its barefoot onboard,
All in a Soft luggage or bag, (fold and stow away onboard)
You don’t need to bring Towels nor sheets, we have plenty
Dive gear,
All divers need: dive suit, flippers, masc, jacket, regulators, dive computer, SMB, belt for Lead
Not essential: UW Torches and Camera’s
We will provide; Tanks and lead,
We can arrange Jackets , regulators and flippers (might be at a small rental charge) pls asc in advance.
I can NOT take care of dive suits,
if necessary I can look for a local dive shop, where you can go and rent a suit.
Food,
We don’t have crew nor a cook onboard
Plan is that all members (or couples) take care of cooking one day,
On Saturday we go shopping, there is a big warehouse near the port,
daily buying bread and fresh meat / fish in local shops.
Cleaning
Each has to clean their own cabin at the end
We have a washing machine (you can wash clothes or towels during the cruise)
sheets go to the laundry (after the cruise)
Internet
we have wifi onboard for Laptop’s or Ipad’s
you can use mine for occasional use.
Finances,
At arrival, each participant will put 300 euro in the Cash Pool,
This will be used for: Food, Drinks, mooring fees, laundry, fuel,
We will keep open accounts
At the end of the week, we will make a final calc, and each pay’s a equal share of the cost.
Participants who don’t drink alcohol will pay less.
We ‘ve done this in the past with my diving friends, 11 peeps, total cost then was 350 euro/pp/week
For all participants now on the list below,
pls PM me your full name, e-mail address , phone number,
date of birth ; the oldest will get the best cabin
Participants now on the list are:
BartW +1
MapisM +1
Longjohnsilver +1?
MitchC +1
Pinnacle +1
Harry25
Pls send PM with your details,
Don’t worry if you don’t get quick response, very busy atm,
we still have time, but nevertheless should keep things moving
Arrival on Blue Angel in Toulon Port Vieille Darse, On Saturday 29 september 2012
We sail out Sunday morning after breakfast, first dive very close to Toulon
Plan is to navigate ao around Porquerolles
Stay overnight in different marina’s, and perhaps also one night on anker.
Exact timing and planning will be adapted to weather conditions
At the end of the week, Return in Toulon Port on Saturday 6 October.
How to get there:
There are airports, in Toulon (10 min by cab) Or Marseille (20min bus + 40min train)
Or railway (Thalys to Marseille)
or road; 1300km from London
If your schedule makes it impossible to get to / leave Toulon on Saturday’s
We can try to arrange a transfer with the tender. Tbc individually
You need to bring,
clothes for a week and personal stuff, mobile phone and charger, …
Some might want to wear slippers, otherwise its barefoot onboard,
All in a Soft luggage or bag, (fold and stow away onboard)
You don’t need to bring Towels nor sheets, we have plenty
Dive gear,
All divers need: dive suit, flippers, masc, jacket, regulators, dive computer, SMB, belt for Lead
Not essential: UW Torches and Camera’s
We will provide; Tanks and lead,
We can arrange Jackets , regulators and flippers (might be at a small rental charge) pls asc in advance.
I can NOT take care of dive suits,
if necessary I can look for a local dive shop, where you can go and rent a suit.
Food,
We don’t have crew nor a cook onboard
Plan is that all members (or couples) take care of cooking one day,
On Saturday we go shopping, there is a big warehouse near the port,
daily buying bread and fresh meat / fish in local shops.
Cleaning
Each has to clean their own cabin at the end
We have a washing machine (you can wash clothes or towels during the cruise)
sheets go to the laundry (after the cruise)
Internet
we have wifi onboard for Laptop’s or Ipad’s
you can use mine for occasional use.
Finances,
At arrival, each participant will put 300 euro in the Cash Pool,
This will be used for: Food, Drinks, mooring fees, laundry, fuel,
We will keep open accounts
At the end of the week, we will make a final calc, and each pay’s a equal share of the cost.
Participants who don’t drink alcohol will pay less.
We ‘ve done this in the past with my diving friends, 11 peeps, total cost then was 350 euro/pp/week
For all participants now on the list below,
pls PM me your full name, e-mail address , phone number,
date of birth ; the oldest will get the best cabin
Participants now on the list are:
BartW +1
MapisM +1
Longjohnsilver +1?
MitchC +1
Pinnacle +1
Harry25
Pls send PM with your details,
Don’t worry if you don’t get quick response, very busy atm,
we still have time, but nevertheless should keep things moving
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longjohnsilver
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BartW;3544287 Participants who don’t drink alcohol will pay less. date of birth ; the oldest will get the best cabin ;) :)[/QUOTE said:Wow, not only will I get the finest accommodation but also the cheapest, being a tea totaller!
PS never trust a word I say about age and drink!
mitchc
Member
Pls send PM with your details,
Don’t worry if you don’t get quick response, very busy atm,
we still have time, but nevertheless should keep things moving
Great Bart, time off work booked, PM sent with our details.
When we were down there at Easter the weather wasn't so great (warm but v.windy) so only got a couple of full days out on the RIB.
At every potential good dive spot (walls/drop offs etc) there seems to be a permanent mooring rated to 40 tonnes.
We tied onto a couple on the east end of Porquerolles Island and dropped in for a some dives. Loads to see; very pretty sponges, anemones & fish.
Water temp was a comfortable 15° (well it was in a dry suit
)Due to the wind making it a bit lumpy, we didn’t explore much further west than the Giens peninsula and no further east than La Lavandou, but the coast line was spectacular....
We drove back in one day, leaving at 6.30 and walking through the door just after midnight. That was 830 miles including a ferry crossing and all towing a 6m RIB!
The roads in France were superb compared to our UK farm tracks, so we’ll be driving down in September too.
Would prefer not to drag the RIB down again, but if the group thinks it will add value to the trip we can.
As we are driving, if anyone needs dive kit brought down from the London/ Home Counties UK let me know and we’ll see what we can arrange.
Looking forward to meeting you all,
Mitch and Hazel.
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mitchc
Member
Some photos from our Easter trip.
A couple of a nice calm sea, and then when it got a bit lumpy!
It was a fair way off, but the yatch was getting on for 100ft!
Pretty lumpy!
The photo's were taken on my DSLR so I've resized them to make it work on here...maybe we could have "name that boat" competition.
A couple of a nice calm sea, and then when it got a bit lumpy!
It was a fair way off, but the yatch was getting on for 100ft!
Pretty lumpy!
The photo's were taken on my DSLR so I've resized them to make it work on here...maybe we could have "name that boat" competition.
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Harry25
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jfm
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Mitch, ref spot the boat, that boat is a Lurssen called "Skat", commissioned and owne by Charles Simonyi who was an early microsoft shareholder and created Excel
BartW
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thanks for your PM Harry,
we can arrange our arrival in Toulon according your (or other guests) flights
we will probably be back in the harbour friday evening.
on saturday 4/10, new guests will arrive on BA,
yes we're bussy this summer
these are my regular Cassis diving friends, and its again a full house,
so unless some of them come later, or don't join the trip, we have no bed available saturday evening.
if flights on saturday are not possible, I'm sure there will be a local hotel or B&B available in the area.
I forgot to mention, those who fly on saturday morning, they can't dive on friday. (24hrs no fly time !)
rgds
Bart
RobWales
Active member
thanks for your PM Harry,
we can arrange our arrival in Toulon according your (or other guests) flights
we will probably be back in the harbour friday evening.
on saturday 4/10, new guests will arrive on BA,
yes we're bussy this summer
these are my regular Cassis diving friends, and its again a full house,
so unless some of them come later, or don't join the trip, we have no bed available saturday evening.
if flights on saturday are not possible, I'm sure there will be a local hotel or B&B available in the area.
I forgot to mention, those who fly on saturday morning, they can't dive on friday. (24hrs no fly time !)
rgds
Bart
Harry/Bart,
Before you book flights you need to be sure of dates! The Saturday is the 6th October and not the 4th
BartW
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Harry/Bart,
Before you book flights you need to be sure of dates! The Saturday is the 6th October and not the 4th
thanks Rob,
my mistake in post #52 (which I've corrected)
just for confirmation;
dive cruise takes place from saturday 29 september until saturday 6 october
all guest arrive and leave on saturday's. (unless agreed differently)