Yeah I probably should have started a diary about 20 years ago but I didn't. I'll try and keep this updated..
The content on YouTube represents years of diving by myself, Jamie, and Magnum
11/05/25
First dive of the season after a nightmare few months fixing the boat!
Bit odd this mark as it shows up quite nice but we have both dived it and can't find anything. The viz was very poor but I did a circular search up to 20m and didn't snag anything. Perhaps it was sitting just out of sight. We're not ready to dismiss it just yet, we'll have one more go when the viz improves and do it as a bounce on the way back from a wreck, see if we have more luck!
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31/05/25
Managed to get in for one dive. The previous Bank Holiday weekend was blown out everyday!
Thick fog all day and only had the morning as the wind was going to get up in the afternoon.
Dived HMS Saltash low water, 25m. 3 runs up to drop the shot and still didn't shot it. It's really small!
4th go dropped the shot and after dragging it we pulled it back in. Another shot and this time we were happy.
Jamie went in first and had to reel off but did get on the wreck. Nobody has been on the wreck as everything is where we left it. Viz was 2m max
Pinged what I believe is St Ronaig on the way back so will drop on that at some point. Jamie dropped in at the cannon site at the Buckle in 4m of water but came up a few minutes later as viz was zero and the sand has covered everything.
We did some work on the trailer as the wheel bearings are absolutely shot. As always it didn't go to plan, The outer race of one of the bearings got stuck in the hub/drum and after taking it home and using a small cutting disc, the new chocolate bearing is ready to go back in.
07/06/25
Another weekend and another blowout. Went and put three new bearings in the trailer instead before the wheels fell off, again.
So, new bearings except offside front which is ok for some strange reason!!
We picked up some fishing line when coming back up the river the previous weekend so removed the rear prop, removed the fishing line and after a struggle gave up on trying to remove the front prop, it's stuck fast.
Had to order a prop nut as the one we put back on to reattach the props is not winding up properly. Nothing is very simple.
13/06/25
Went down the boat early to change the front prop. That didn't happen as we couldn't get it off, It's stuck fast! As we were running out of time we fitted a new prop nut ,to replace the bronze one that wasn't doing up. With that back on we set off about 20 mins late.
Conditions up top were fantastic, flat sea and blue sky. You could see 10m down the shot but on the bottom it wasn't quite so good but a gloomy 5-6m. We dived the Scallop wreck and as ever found no clues, it's a barren waste land down there!
We pinged a few marks on the way back to try and work out what we have and what we don't have. It's fair to say between Brighton Marina and Beachy Head to the shipping lanes we now know pretty much everything, even if we don't know what it all is!
Planteur is probably the only thing we pinged we want another go at, probably with the metal detector.
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| Possible Planteur |
21/06/25
To early for the high water, none of us were getting down the boat for 05.30. Jim turned up and we went out for a splash on some rubbish wrecks during the tide as it was neap, and we could, just about!
First one was a metal box of some sort,. Jamie said a water tank or fuel tank, Jim had no idea and I thought possibly part of a vessel that had been a block ship that was towed out and scrapped ww2.
Second was St Ronaig. Not much of that left as it was blown to shit.
We then headed West a short distance to Magic...or what I believe is Magic Cut stone blocks and some signs of a wooden wreck.
We went out later, somewhat too late, so couldn't get to 'Not the Mohlem Prie' but did SS Midsurrey instead. What a dull wreck!
Bows is boring, Large anchor, Donkey boiler, scrap metal...main boiler, upside down engine and 2 blades of a prop and steering and rudder gear laying on the sea bed smashed to shit. Quite how Im supposed to make a video out of all this shite I do not know. Maybe I wont!!!
29/06/25
A very Ill Jamie turned up to pick me up and he didn't get much better as the morning went on!
Got out to the 7Seas, or not 7Seas, and had a poke about port side where the sides fallen out to the seabed just behind the engine. Lot's of wood that was probably floor but no clues. Headed forward and then drifted back down the starboard side. Disappointing viz, just a gloomy 3-4m. Still no clues!! A very frustrating wreck, but aren't they all!!
Jamie didn't dive which was the right decision. Zipped in a drysuit with the shits is not where you want to be.
Didn't do the HW as Jamie was not in a good way so headed home. More luck next weekend hopefully..
