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<br /> ISLAND LIFE<br /> Kirsty Andrews<br /> explores the<br /> Channel Islands<br /> on MV Salutay<br /> THREE'S A CROWD?<br /> Understanding three-way buddy teams<br /> FIRE<br /> OF LOVE<br /> Meet the divers who saved 12<br /> Loch Carron's flame shells<br /> Issue 95 October 2019 £4.50 lightweight BCs on test<br /> OF THE<br /> BEST<br /> <br /> Welcome<br /> One of SCUBA's popular regulars is the Taking Control page, in which a diver shares the story of<br /> an incident or close call from which they had to extricate themselves.<br /> There is much to be learned from these articles, but it can run deeper still. Sometimes, a few<br /> well chosen actions can resonate down the years, as is the case with this month's story. It took<br /> place more than 20 years ago, but was only written recently while the author, Instructor Mark<br /> Wearing, was in hospital.<br /> You see, Mark was termi<a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=1"> ISLAND LIFE Kirsty Andrews explores the Channel I</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=2"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=3"> Welcome One of SCUBA's popular regulars is the Ta</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=4"> Inside 3 Welcome 6 BSAC Contacts 12 Crit</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=5"> ISSUE 95 OCTOBER 2019 CONTENTS 108 Catching dark</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=6"> BSAC has a team in Cheshire to support clubs a</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=7"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=8"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=9"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=10"> SCUBA HUB Keep it fluffy The hairy shrimp, </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=11"> SCUBA HUB</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=12"> Critter confidential SCUBA HUB </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=13"> SCUBA HUB or both fish raising their front d</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=14"> SCUBA HUB SCUBA Hub D-Day dive teams in Normandy </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=15"> Red Sea liveaboard evacuated after hitting pinnac</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=16"> SCUBA HUB Membership cards go plastic-free BSAC</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=17"> SCUBA HUB Ethical wine tasting at BSAC Conference</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=18"> SCUBA HUB Let’s grow diving Recruit more than e</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=19"> Isle of Man – in focus THIS year's Isle of Man Sp</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=20"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=21"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=22"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=23"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=24"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=25"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=26"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=27"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=28"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=29"> KIRSTY ANDREWS Get the kettle on! Ever the optimi</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=30"> YO-HAN CHA Club diving v Nature How do you break </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=31"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=32"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=33"> MICHELLE HAYWOOD Visualise your dives Could diver</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=34"> SCUBA HUB Torbet on the Tube: It's a s</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=35"> SCUBA HUB </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=36"> Chat </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=37"> SCUBA CHAT Sand between their toes Barracud</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=38"> SCUBA CHAT Cruising for a bruising? Have you, li</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=39"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=40"> COURSE DIARY Develop your diving with BSAC Our Co</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=41"> BSAC COURSES SKILL DEVELOPMENT COURSES (SDCs) OCT</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=42"> CLUB FOCUS Trident Sub Aqua Club This l</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=43"> CLUB FOCUS </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=44"> CLUB FOCUS Who are your m</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=45"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=46"> CITIZEN SCIENCE A loch aflame Chris Rickard, form</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=47"> Left: The old ferry slipway at North Strome </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=48"> CITIZEN SCIENCE colour of Irn-Bru?). While </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=49"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=50"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=51"> The entire seabed had been turned over as </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=52"> CITIZEN SCIENCE Right: A squat lobster (Munida</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=53"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=54"> IN THE MIX A formidable challenge Rebreather dive</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=55"> e PHOTO: KIERAN HATTON PHOTOS: RICK AYRTON, KIER</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=56"> IN THE MIX The tale of a sinking HMS Formidable w</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=57"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=58"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=59"> IN THE MIX G F Plan </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=60"> LEARNING CURVE Advanced Instructor </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=61"> buddies. That means staying together, which can b</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=62"> LEARNING CURVE formation you're going to ado</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=63"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=64"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=65"> LEARNING CURVE Above: The author advises a</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=66"> TAKING CONTROL A rescue, remembered Open Water In</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=67"> INCIDENT ANALYSIS BY SARAH CONNER BSAC Advanced D</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=68"> KITTED-UP Travel BCs Whether you favour a wing or</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=69"> KITTED-UP Flight Company: Northern Diver Price: £</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=70"> KITTED-UP Biolite Company: Oceanic Price: £329.95</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=71"> KITTED-UP Commando Escape Company: AP Diving Pric</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=72"> KITTED-UP Outlaw Company: Aqua Lung Price: £347 T</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=73"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=74"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=75"> KITTED-UP Light Travel System Company: Hollis Pri</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=76"> UK DIVING </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=77"> Charmed in the Channel Islands SCUBA columnist Ki</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=78"> UK DIVING </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=79"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=80"> Above: The reef wall at Vingt Clos, with jewel an</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=81"> and mostly intact, with a nice prop and rudd</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=82"> UK DIVING Below: Tritoni</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=83"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=84"> WRECKED Key 1 Pontoons 2 Spars 3 Bo</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=85"> WRECKED 2 1 For all the excitement</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=86"> WRECKED wreck, and is an ideal site when th</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=87"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=88"> Above: A fishing boat leaves Stromness harbour on </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=89"> WRECKED Left: A diver examines one of the dama</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=90"> TEST CENTRE A refined regulator Oceanic Zeo / FDX</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=91"> TEST CENTRE Extreme wicking Xerotherm Baselay</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=92"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=93"> TRAVEL FOCUS Departure lounge Travel news and off</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=94"> TRAVEL FOCUS `Significant' Greek wreck find Five a</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=95"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=96"> TRAVEL SPECIAL Komodo in the thick of it KOMOD</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=97"> TRAVEL SPECIAL With it</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=98"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 99" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=99"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 100" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=100"> TRAVEL SPECIAL Horseshoe Bay I remember last tim</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 101" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=101"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 102" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=102"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 103" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=103"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 104" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=104"> TRAVEL SPECIAL The future Komo</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 105" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=105"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 106" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=106"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 107" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=107"> TRAVEL SPECIAL Crystal Rock was first. Even t</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 108" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=108"> PHOTO QUEST The drama of silhouettes A silhouet</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 109" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=109"> PHOTO QUEST B </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 110" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=110"> YOUR POSTCARDS Every month we will publish a seri</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 111" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=111"> Bexley's day out Bexley BSAC recently enjoyed a d</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 112" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=112"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 113" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=113"> Contributors Chris Rickard makes his debut in S</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 114" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=114"> GREATEST DIVE Eat, sleep, dive, repeat Soon after</a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 115" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=115"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_95_October 2019 page 116" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccd7923c?page=116"> </a>