June 9th, 2010

Hi all members of Inbhear sceine Kerry s.a.c.

I just want to say thanks and well done to all our team who worked so hard together to make yet another very successful and safe regional dive weekend. The feed back so far has been great. I have just copied and pasted a few comments below. The marina has been paid and we have money left over !We can leave our boat in the marina for 1 month. If any of you have any feed back or comments please send them on.

The quote of the weekend has got to be “ARE YOU A DIVER ???”

Well done to Inbhear Sceine Kerry s.a.c. on hosting another great event!

Thanks

Derry

Many thanks for organising a great week-end. Both Brian and I enjoyed ourselves and the crack was mighty.

See you soon

Best Wishes

Just a great big THANK YOU to one and all for a fantastic weekend of craic, company, stories, diving and of course, the best pints of Murphy’s you could buy!!

Derry, yet again you organised a great weekend, with only a bit of that “technical s…!”

Nothing a problem, just great, relaxed diving.

I attach a zip file of low res pics. Its 2mb in size. If you would like the original high res image of any pic just let me know.

Hope to see ye all again,

Yours in Diving

Dick Scully

Guys,

A word of thanks to you for the invitation to the regional weekend, a fine welcome in Kerry and excellent diving. I had a great weekend.

It was a great opportunity for me to meet lots of divers from the region and great to be doing what it’s all about - diving!

My compliments to you on the excellent organisation; I appreciate full well that these events don’t just “happen.”

In diving,
Niall Stapleton,
National Diving Officer

big thank you for a fantastic weekend. The organisation, the people, the atmosphere, the dives were all unbeatable and it was great to catch up with you all again.

Will give you a shout again if we are down your direction – might even do a last minute weekend if the weather is looking good so will give you a shout when that time comes.

See you soon, safe and happy divingJ

Aoife

Just want to say thanks again for a great weekend’s fun and diving. I had a great time, you have some great dive sites there! I’ll be back for another look.

And a Seasearch thank you too, it was good to show a face…. you never know maybe someone will contact us!

Cheers Deirdre.

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May 6th, 2010

May Bank Holiday Weekend 2010

A great turnout at The Glen for the Bank holiday weekend. Weather was good with northerly winds but cold. We had 8 divers on Saturday, 8 divers on Sunday and 11 divers on the Monday. Visibility was like the Med. with 25m. We dived The Pinnacle, Cathedral Rock and the South side of Puffin Isl. Plenty of life with walls of deadman’s fingers and jewel anemone, ling, cuckoo wrasse in it’s mating colours and octopus. A lone basking shark swam with us on Monday.
Thanks to Ray, Johnno and Jer for towing and bringing the compressor. Thanks to Mike Golden for coxing. The boat went well for the weekend and is now parked at Willie Kennedy’s. Small problem with the compressor as dirt clogged the fuel filter in the tank. We took the tank off, cleaned it out and it worked away.

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May 4th, 2010

Hi all divers

INBHEAR SCEINE KERRY S.A.C. are to host the regional dive weekend this year in the Cahirsiveen area on the 14^th,15^th&16th o May . This is an invitation to join us on a dive and fun weekend in the Cahirsiveen area .This weekend has been a great success in recent years .We will base our boats and meeting point at the Cahirsiveen marina .We hope not to change too much from the previous years . A registration fee of 10 euro will be charged to each diver .This will cover the weekend expenses at the marina for boats and facilities .Each diver will be asked to contribute to fuel cost of the boat that they dive from . A list of accommodation and prices in the area will be found on our web site .A list of the local dive sites, Emergency plan ,local charts ,road map of the area ,list of contacts and tide information can be found on our club web site www.kerrysubaquaclub.org

We will have 2 compressors on site but would appreciate if divers could arrive with full bottles.

We will have a limited amount of boat spaces for divers traveling without boats .

All divers must register and show their log book & active diver cert on Saturday morning.

Showers and toilets are available at the marina & boats can be moored over night.

We will have 2 dives on Friday –leaving the marina @14;00 1^st dive & 2^nd dive leaving @ 19;00 followed by a few pints!!

Registration on Saturday morning at the marina from 09;00-09;30 followed by dive brief @10;00 -2 dives-followed by food and loads of pints!!

Dive brief on Sunday morning @10;00 -2 dives

Accomadation—

RING OF KERRY HOTEL -45 EURO B&B-066 9472543

CORNER HOUSE—066 9472107

FRANKS CORNER—066 9472217 -99 euro 2 nights b&b and 1 evening meal.

Clubs attending- Aughnish, Limerick, Daunt, Cork, South coast divers, lough Derg, Blackwater, Inbhearsceine, Burren,

I would appreciate if all divers and DO,s could get back to me A.S.A.P. with approximate numbers and boats .

THANKS

Derry

DERRY DOYLE MOBILE 086 6086826 — derrydoyle@eircom.net

For the weekend the Inbhear sceine team is

DIVING OFFICERS –————— RAY GARVAN

BOATS & MARINA - ————–DERRY DOYLE

PARKING ,TRAILERS & LAUNCHING — PADRAIG BRICK

COMPRESSORS ——————— BRENDAN CULLINANE

REGISTIRATION & SHOREMARSHALL — LOUISE & MARK BENNETT

EMERGENCY PLAN & VEHICLE ——— JOHN O LOUGHLIN

CHARTS,TIDES&DIVE SITES—–NIGEL KELLIHER

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March 30th, 2010

I wonder would any one be interested in a trip to scuba dive west and go on the dive safaris trip.

Its a bit pricey but have a look at the site and let me know what you think.

http://www.scubadivewest.com/Island-Dive-Safaris/island-scuba-dive-safaris.html

Regards

Ray

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March 3rd, 2010

>

> Speaking Event:　　　　　　　　　　　 CMAS, Nutrition & Diving and Cave Diving

>

> When: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 16.03.2010

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> Where: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Mary Immaculate College – Limerick>

> Contact:　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Joan Baker or any of the members of

> Aughinish SAC

>

> Description

>

> 1. Kevin O’Shaughnessy, President of the CMAS technical committee,

> will give an Introduction to CMAS.

> 2. Gillian Quinlan, dietician with the HSE, will speak on

> Nutrition for Sports Divers.

> 3. Artur Kozlowski will present Cave Diving in Ireland

>

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REGIONAL WEEKEND 2010

February 11th, 2010

Inbhear Sceine Kerry S.A.C. We at Inbhear Sceine are hosting our annual dive weekend in Caherciveen this year on Friday 14th ,Saturday 15th &Sunday 16th May 2010. This weekend has been a great success in recent years and we hope to keep the same format as other years. The plan is that on Friday there will be boats leaving for a dive from Caherciveen Marina at lunch time and a second dive leaving the marina at 19;00 . Two dives on Saturday followed by loads of pints and a bit of crack in Caherciveen town on Saturday night .Two dives Sunday !!. We can leave our boats in the marina for the weekend and boat trailers in the lower car park. Compressors will be located at the marina. Toilets and showers are available at the marina office. All divers will be asked to contribute 10 euro registration to cover marina expenses. If your club are bringing trainees please bring instructors for same. The idea of the weekend is to have safe diving and loads of fun! Can you please pass this email on to your club members and any new DO,s in the area. I will forward a list of names and contact numbers of our team for the weekend, and a list of accommodation and prices in the area , venues for eating ,and meeting places before the end of month. Can you please reply to this email and let me know if you ?or your club are coming ?How many divers (approx)? Dry coxes? Hrow many boats? Can you bring a compressor? Yours in Diving Derry Doyle derrydoyle@eircom.net 086 6086825

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February 9th, 2010

Date for your diaries

>

> I’m very pleased to announce details of a talk to be held in Mary

> Immaculate College, Limerick hosted by Aughinish Diving Club.

>

> **NOTE**

> There is a time change (to 19:30) and Room change to room 202

>

> This will be an interesting event. See the Aughinish website for

> info.

>

> http://www.aughinishdivingclub.com/events/details/17-cmas-nutrition-an

> d-divi

> ng-and-cave-diving

>

> Best Regards,

>

> Brian Donnelly

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November 28th, 2009

Maintenance day

A badly needed maintenance day was done on Sun 15^th Nov. The boat was taken off the trailer and washed thoroughly. The hull was power washed to remove all the dirt. The inside was also power washed and all the seagull shit was removed. Both bilges were taken apart and cleaned. The trailer also had some work done. The jockey wheel was removed and greased as it had become stiff. The wheel bearings were pumped with grease. Stoppers were fitted to prevent the cradles turning upside down when the trailer is reversed into the water which had caused hull damage in the past. When everything was done the boat was replaced on the trailer and covered with the full cover. Thanks to everyone who turned up on the day. Many hands make light work and we also had a bit of crack. Ultan, John o L, John C, Brendan, Tim C. Thanks to Tim for the use of his yard, teleported, power washer and all his tools, electricity and water.

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November 26th, 2009

On Sat 21Nov I received a call from Workmen Rowing club looking for assistance to recover some equipment and boats from their boat house at Ross Castle which was under water due to the recent floods. I rang Tim Counihan who arrived with the club inflatable. We launched half way up Ross Rd and joined by some rowing club members, Mike Burns, Alan Dower and Tim Moynihan we motored down the road to Ross Castle. On arrival at the boat house the water was 5 feet high with boats, oars, inflated life jackets floating around the area. The rowing machines, running machines were also covered with water. We recovered the machines and removes some very expensive boats from the boat house and towed them to the Castle green which was high and dry. Job well done.
As we were returning home Tim received a call from Fossa Rowing Club who were also in trouble. We launched this time at Killarney Golf Club and motored to Fossa. The wind at this stage was very strong. Fossa Rowing Club have the use of an old stone shed and a container to store their equipment. On arrival the scene was of devastation. The container had imploded destroying sculls, double sculls and four oar boats. A section of the wall of the other boat house had collapsed and the members were recovering other boats before they were also destroyed. We towed four boats from the boat house to safety where they were recovered. It was a sad scene to see the boats broken, with bits of boats and riggers being bashed against the shoreline. The members of both clubs were glad of our assistance and rang us later saying without our help they would have lost a lot more. Our Yamaha 40 gave some trouble on the day and needs attention. I will look at it this week.
Paschal Dower, Equipments Officer.

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November 5th, 2009

Recovery of second anchor from Crompton.

Paschal Dower Inbher Sceine Kerry SAC

The Crompton was built in1890 by T. Royden And Sons of Liverpool. A four masted steel sailing barge of 2180 tons, her length was 278.5 ft. with a beam of 40ft and a draft of 24 ft. The ship had a crew of eleven. On 23/11/1910 the ship was sailing from Tacoma to Limerick with a cargo of grain when she hit rocks at Dromgower Point near Portmagee in Co. Kerry. The weather was calm with slack winds but foggy. Without any casualties the crew scrambled up the rocks and made off the houses of Johnny O’Sullivan and Sean More Devane where they were fed, cleaned up and shaven. The next day they were met by the Harbour Master Shanahan and brought to Caherciveen where they were put on a train to begin their long journey home. They also had a Jack Russell terrier with them which was in pup. The dog was left behind and taken in by a local. The Crompton lasted about two years on the rocks but eventually was lost to the sea and remains badly broken at 12 to 20 metres.

The first anchor was raised in the Summer of 1971 and is displayed at Knightstown on Valentia Island. It weighs about 2.5 ton and is 12 ft. long.

The dive crew were:

Tom Shakespesre, Dublin.

Ray Rogers, Liverpool.

John Small, Liverpool.

Frank McMahon, Dublin.

Seamus O’Reilly, Belfast.

Jos Audenaerd, Antwerp.

Charles, Vermeirn Antwerp.

Assistances:

Keith Falvey, Valentia.

John O’Reilly, Cork.

Liam McMahon, Dublin.

Diving Boat:   M.V. Beal Bocht.

Skipper:   Des Lavelle, Valentia.

In October ’09 Gearoid Moran a Leading Diver with Inbher Sceine Kerry SAC and living in Portmagee took on the project of raising the second anchor from The Crompton, which was at 18 metres deep. The first dive was to devise a plan of what was required to lift the anchor weighing 2.5 tons, which would later be displayed in the village. The divers were Gearoid Moran, Nigel Kelleher. Carol Devlin and Sue Weatherill.
It was decided to bring down an assortment of 40 gallon plastic barrels and fill them with air at the bottom. Garoid along with Ray Garavan also a Leading Diver with Inbher Sceine SAC and local man Mike Golden as cox went to the site and dropped some dive bottles, various ropes and a crowbar to the anchor. Ten 40-Gallon drums were filled with water and sunk to the bottom. The drums were tied to the anchor, filled with air which displaced the water but the anchor did not move as one of the flukes was wedged under rock.

On to plan B. Three 2-ton lift bags were hired from a company in the UK. When the lift bags arrived Garoid and Paschal Dower another club member along with Mike the cox motored to the site confident that the lift bags would work.   More tanks of air and the three lifting bags were dropped to the anchor. We also dropped some heavy chain, light chain and an assortment of shackles. The heavy chain was wrapped in a figure of eight around the flukes and through the hole at the top of the anchor and shackled together. The three 2 ton bags were then shackled onto the chain and filled with air and the anchor still would not lift. Six ton of lifting power and not a budge from the anchor. It was obvious that the rock was holding the anchor from lifting. As our dive time was almost up we allowed some air out of the bags, ascended to the surface and did a long safety stop. Not much talk going back to Portmagee in the boat. Garoid did not get a lot of sleep that night thinking that if the anchor lifted during the night, bags worth about £1,500 each and the anchor could be lost at sea.

On to plan C. The next evening we recruited another club member Dave Doherty for the dive. Skipper Pat Joe Murphy, Johnny Golden were on board the Skellig boat to tow the anchor back to Portmagee if we could raise it. Dave, Gearoid and Paschal descended carrying more air, two sledgehammers and an assortment of crowbars. It was decided before the dive that Paschal would start filling the bags. Gearoid and Dave would start breaking the rock. This was once again a working dive and we planned our dive time appropriately. After about 10 mins of sledging, suddenly the 2.5 ton anchor took off for the surface with the three boys finning away as it rose. After we ascended, a strong rope was attached from the anchor to the trawler and the tow to Portmagee began. When we got ashore the anchor was lifted by machine and put into fresh water for curing. The curing will take about 12 months and the anchor will be displayed in Portmagee.

Dive crew were:
Gearoid Moran, Portmagee.
Paschal Dower, Killarney.
Dave Doherty, Killarney.
Ray Garavan, Athlone.
Nigel Kelleher, Tralee.
Carol Devlin, Cork.
Sue Weatherill, Portmagee.

Boat Crew were:
Mike Golden, The Glen.
Pat Joe Murphy, Poermagee.
Johnny Golden, Portmagee.
MichaelO’Connell, Portmagee.

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