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13 December 2018. New unidentified Japanese WWII tug wreck in Truk Lagoon |
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Here's the link to my video tour on my YouTube channel of this newly located and as yet unidentified Imperial Japanese Navy WWII tug wreck off Weno.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYfVkiE7IsE&t=7s |
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12 December 2018. NEW JAPANESE WRECK LOCATED IN TRUK LAGOON |
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Just back from a couple of weeks diving the famous Japanese WWII wreck at Truk Lagoon in the Pacific, the world's greatest collection of Japanese wartime shipwrecks. It has been quite a long time since a new WWII wreck was located in the lagoon, but I was priviledged to be taken out by Truk Stop Dive Centre
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30 October 2018. Des épaves du monde |
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Just back from a long weekend in Orkney filming with a french TV company about the Scapa Flow wrecks for a documentary series on shipwrecks around the world. These guys were hard core - they did The Big Blue with Jean Reno and have worked on Titanic - much respect! |
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16 October 2018. Shipwrecks of Scapa Flow chart available again |
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A few years ago I had a unique A1 size full colour chart of Scapa Flow professionally created by the artist who has created all my shipwreck illustrations for me over the years, not just in Scapa Flow but also in Truk, Palau etc. The Scapa shipwreck illustrations were added to the chart in the correct locations with some text about the indivdual wrecks and the Scapa story as a whole. The resulting chart is stunning - and is currently on public display outside the Ferry Terminal in Stromness.
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Read more... [16 October 2018. Shipwrecks of Scapa Flow chart available again]
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3 October 2018. Deeper into the Darkness |
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With the publication of Deeper into the Darkness at the end of August this completes the trilogy of my true life diving adventures, which now runs from the early 1980's right through the development of our sport with deep air, Open Circuit Trimix and on to mixed gas Closed Circuit rebreather diving. In the latest book I dive some of the most famous WWI technical wrecks around the UK and in the Pacific at Truk, Palau and Guadalcanal. A new developemnt is that I've added in QR links at the appropriate places on the dives so that you can nip over to my YouTube channel and see the actual dive I've been writing about. |
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4 August 2018. Into the Abyss - Diving to Adventure in the Liquid World is published |
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Just received my advance author copies of Into the Abyss - Diving to Adventure in the Liquid World. It has been re-issued as Vol I of my Diving Trilogy. Great fun re-reading it (in a dispassionate 3rd party way!) and re-living all my old adventures. Love the production work by Whittles, the cover looks really great and zippy, and the feel and design of the book is grand.
Vol III, Deeper into the Darkness - the printed books are expected in my publishers warehouse next week. Cant wait to see it a reality. |
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25 July 2018. Stoney Haar (II) |
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I sold my 7m dive RIB Stoney Haar last November - as I thought my days diving from RIB's were over. This is the first period since 1981 that I have not owned a boat - and I have absolutely hated been land bound!
I cracked 2 weeks ago and went and bought myself a nice black Humber Destroyer RIB, which I'm working on to bring up to speed as a dive RIB. There's still a lot of adventures to be had out there - and I'm not finished with the sea quite yet! |
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24 July 2018. Deeper into the Darkness & Into the Abyss |
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A few technical issues have held up the release of the reissue of Into the Abyss - Diving to Adventure in the Liquid World as Vol I of the Diving Trilogy and publication of my new book Deeper into the Darkness as Vol III.Â
However, all is now sorted out and they are both set to publish on 31 July - cant wait to see them a reality.
I finished the manuscript for Deeper into the Darkness about 9 months ago - so it will be great to read it again and find out what I wrote! |
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10 May - Deeper into the Darkness nears publication |
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Just finished checking the final laid out proofs for Deeper into the Darkness and the new edition of Into the Abyss - Divign to Adventure in the Liquid World. Its been a long process, but the books are looking great.
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I've been a bit slow with getting these done for my publishers with being away in Florida for TEKDiveUSA, but my work is now done (yeh!) and its over to them to do the rest. Publication may slip into June as a result. |
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2 May 2018. TEKDiveUSA Orlando |
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Just back from an awesome time at TEKDIveUSA's 3rd biannual conference. Presented about the wreck of HMS Hampshire and attended a series of lectures on both days, especially liked the wrecks of Guadalcanal and the medical lectures about such diving delights as immersion oedema, inwater recompression. |
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13 April 2018. Deeper into the Darkness |
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The proofing of the 1st volume of the DIve Series, Into the Abyss - Diving to Adventure in the Liquid World is now finished and we are good to go for publication on 30 May to coincide with the release Vol III, Deeper into the Darkness. |
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31 March 2018. Whittles Dive Series |
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I am Editor for the new Whittles Dive Series of quality books on all aspects of diving, The 1st book in the Series was Underwater Potholer by Duncan Price.
The 2nd book Diving for Treasure by Vic Verlinden and Stefan Panis has just been published, a fascintating revelation from the depths!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diving-Treasure-Discovering-history-depths/dp/1849953252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522502980&sr=8-1&keywords=Diving+for+Treasure |
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