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Chelmsford & District SubAqua Club
2013 Annual General Meeting

Diving Officers Report


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First - Safety
• 2013 Started off looking like it was going

to be troublesome
• 2 Divers in the Decompression chamber –
including a first of an Ocean Diver trainee
after diving at Stoney Cove
• 2 Fast ascents recorded – one with
equipment implications
• After that the season settled down and no
further problems – Phew!


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Safety
• The stats seem to reinforce the idea that

the early part of the season brings more
incidents
• So take care at the start of 2014 and
make sure you and your kit are fit for the
job – more on that in my January Open
Forum round up of 2013


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The 2013 Season
• We had a few new destinations this year –
Lymington and Newquay were very
successful and have been retained for
2014
• Also some new fresh water sites – Divers
Cove and the River Chelmer
• Easter was moved to the Jedi Weekend
(may the fourth) – due to the Icy weather
and totalled 80 man dives


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Diving Report
2013 not a bad year for weather
Cancellations
79% of dive days completed
21% cancelled due to weather


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Diving Report
Of the available Boat spaces only 76% filled
– averaging 9.2 spaces instead of the
planned 10.5 spaces that was budgeted
for
Average was reduced by a couple of very
poorly supported trips
Dive Leader Level Trips a particular problem


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Diving Report
• Total of 558 Man dives completed
• Adding up to 21141 minutes under water

(352.35 Hours)
• 53 Club Divers completed logged dives
which is around 72% of the club
membership (based on current
membership of 74)
• Also dives from 3 Guests included in stats


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Most Time Underwater

The Diver who has
the staying power is
Lee Spencer


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Total Number of Dives

Again the winner
is Lee


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Biggest Stopout
Total Stops Greater than 3 minutes
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0

Total Stops

Andy Turner is the Biggest
Stopper


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Who dives the deepest
Max Depth
46
44
42
40
38
36
34

Max Depth

John Hannah and Mick Crossman
Jointly Dived Deepest at 44.7M


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Gassy Divers (as usual!)
Rebreather
use remains
constant

Rebreather
6%

Trimix
1%

Air
45%
Nitrox
48%

Air
Nitrox
Rebreather
Trimix

Nitrox is now the bottom gas of choice
more often than Air – 32% mostly
(19%)


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Busiest Dive Location
Time Underwater
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0

River Chelmer

Littlehampton

Divers Cove

Newhaven

Swanage

St Abbs

Lymington

Farne Islands

Weymouth

Newquay

Eastbourne

Falmouth

Stoney Cove

Time Underwater
Excluding the
Training weekend
at Stoney –
Falmouth is the
most dived
location


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Diving Report
• Some points from the dive logs
• There are a number of entries where the

dive depth exceeds the MOD of the gas
entered on the log sheet – in one case to
a PPo2 of 1.67 at bottom depth – this is
potentially fatal and must stop
• Please respect the MOD of your gas – plan
dives accordingly with the dive manager


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Diving Report
• Another point is – on quite a number of

dives logged – there is a sometimes
substantial difference between buddies
dive times – Buddies should surface
together under normal diving conditions –
there should be no leaving buddies on
Deco stops or at the bottom – this is
another potentially fatal situation.


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2014 Dive Programme
The Dive Program is ready tonight
Some printed copies available
Available to download from website
Please read booking rules – and sign the
box to say you have done so.
Bookings & deposits to be in by 31st
December
To me with a cheque or by email &
electronic payment to club.


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2014 Dive Programme
• A change in perspective on Dive leader

dives – only one full boat booked – and 4
spaces on 3 separate dives – due to the
difficulty filling spaces this year and poor
response to request for interest.
• 2 Ocean Diver Day Dives and 2 Weekends
– more can be booked if there is demand
• Slightly less bookings this year – an
austerity programme (29 instead of 34
days) – will book more if needed.


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2014 Dive Programme
• Lymington booked as a day dive
• Newquay Weekend repeated
• Changed the balance from 2013 – more
day dives and less weekends
• 6 Sports Diver Day Dives (2 in 2013)
• 2 Ocean Diver (2 in 2013)
• 3 Dive Leader Part Boat bookings (2 full
boats in 2013)


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2014 Dive Programme
• 3 Sports Diver Weekends (8 in 2013)
• 2 Ocean Diver (2 in 2013)
• 1 Dive Leader – but may be changed to

42M or 35M depending on demand (1 in
2013)


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2014 Dive Programme
• Accomodation bookings on some dives

cost us quite a bit in 2013
• High risk accommodation such as
caravans have not been booked in
advance for 2014 and can be booked for
the number who pay deposits for the
dives.


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2014 Dive Programme
• We also have a Holiday on the list as the 3
day Lundy Dive does not fall within the
parameters of a standard club dive – costs
will be notified later and will be split
between all attendees – but will be higher
than standard cost.


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Summary
• Safety – a good year generally after a

rocky start
• Dive season was successful with some
great dives but a little under-subscribed
• 2014 dive programme is available and is
slightly smaller than 2013 with the option
to expand it later.


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Any Questions

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