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ellisn · April 21st, 2006, 02:18 PM

Good report Wilbo. Agree the Scylla isn't my favourite dive and I prefer the JEL but it does make a great playground. As number one on this dive I will go into a bit more detail on the dive for you

After eventually being helped on with my forgotten weight belt (good looking but stupid

) we descended onto the bow of the Scylla and wait for GLOC to take a photo looking up at us from the bow before swimming over the forward deck to the superstructure. We had agreed that in order to keep enough gas for dive 2 we would keep as much as possible to the 15m mark but that still gave us plenty to look at. We dropped into the wheelhouse through the hole in the roof and after the compulsory look at each other through the windows went down the rear corridor and out to the port side. We then went aft along the port side towards the stern before zigzagging forward through the cabins before heading back along the side corridors to enter the helicopter hanger from the starboard side. We left the hanger through the rear bay and swam to the stern before turning and swimming forward along the starboard side for one last trip through the ship. Was planning on a quick visit to the radar room but by this time we had reached our agreed minimum gas. We split here into two pairs for the ascent so more of us could practice sending up the smb, puting some distance between us first so that the skipper wouldn't see two blobs and think there was an emergency.

Next time we can take a poke around the hull see if we can find the secret way into the engine room... then swim away.

April 21st, 2006, 02:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
ellisn(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Swindon Posts: 89	Good report Wilbo. Agree the Scylla isn't my favourite dive and I prefer the JEL but it does make a great playground. As number one on this dive I will go into a bit more detail on the dive for you After eventually being helped on with my forgotten weight belt (good looking but stupid ) we descended onto the bow of the Scylla and wait for GLOC to take a photo looking up at us from the bow before swimming over the forward deck to the superstructure. We had agreed that in order to keep enough gas for dive 2 we would keep as much as possible to the 15m mark but that still gave us plenty to look at. We dropped into the wheelhouse through the hole in the roof and after the compulsory look at each other through the windows went down the rear corridor and out to the port side. We then went aft along the port side towards the stern before zigzagging forward through the cabins before heading back along the side corridors to enter the helicopter hanger from the starboard side. We left the hanger through the rear bay and swam to the stern before turning and swimming forward along the starboard side for one last trip through the ship. Was planning on a quick visit to the radar room but by this time we had reached our agreed minimum gas. We split here into two pairs for the ascent so more of us could practice sending up the smb, puting some distance between us first so that the skipper wouldn't see two blobs and think there was an emergency. Next time we can take a poke around the hull see if we can find the secret way into the engine room... then swim away.