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<br /> MALTA'S PIONEERS:<br /> Behind the scenes at<br /> BSAC centre Maltaqua<br /> BONNY IN THE CLYDE:<br /> Explore the popular<br /> Wallachia in Wrecked<br /> SO YOU WANT TO<br /> GO DEEPER?<br /> Depth progression in<br /> Learning Curve<br /> DIVES TO INSPIRE<br /> · Shipwreck stories, as told by photographer Becky Kagan Schott<br /> · Technical diver Rick Ayrton dives the legendary HMHS Britannic<br /> · Discover Rajah Ampat, home of the world's richest coral reefs<br /> ON TEST<br /> Decathlon's<br /> £180 BCD<br /> But is it any<br /> good?<br /> Issue 94 September 2019 £4.50<br /> <br /> Welcome<br /> Last month we gave you the `cutting edge' issue, with a running theme of the diving world's<br /> experience of lost fishing gear. Now, at the height of summer I want to share some inspirational<br /> features with you, to celebrate how amazing our world can be. Welcome to the `Inspiration' issue.<br /> Our central feature<a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=1"> MALTA'S PIONEERS: Behind the scenes at BSAC centr</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=2"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=3"> Welcome Last month we gave you the `cutting edge'</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=4"> Inside 3 Welcome 6 BSAC Contacts 12 Critte</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=5"> ISSUE 94 SEPTEMBER 2019 CONTENTS 56 Advanced wre</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=6"> BSAC has a team in Cheshire to support clubs a</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=7"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=8"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=9"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=10"> SCUBA HUB </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=11"> SCUBA HUB Pipe dreams A reef top </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=12"> Critter confidential SCUBA HUB Chemical warfare</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=13"> SCUBA HUB Lacking the speed of brittlestars,</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=14"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=15"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=16"> Diving Conference goes green SCUBA HUB SCUBA Hub</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=17"> Scapa battleships a `bargain' at £85,000 FOUR OF</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=18"> SCUBA HUB Burghead takes on the Three Lakes Chall</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=19"> Representing at climate change march BSAC'S Chie</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=20"> SCUBA HUB Westhoughton's DfA goal a step </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=21"> SCUBA HUB Splashdown in Torbay PHOTO:</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=22"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=23"> KIRSTY ANDREWS Scouting for new recruits Ever w</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=24"> YO-HAN CHA Love is the slug Did you know that Sco</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=25"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=26"> Wonderball MICHELLE HAYWOOD Britain's comb </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=27"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=28"> SCUBA HUB Torbet on the Tube: First c</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=29"> I'VE SNORKELLED WITH SHARKS AND seals and cetacea</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=30"> Chat </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=31"> SCUBA CHAT Project Highball – an update on the re</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=32"> SCUBA CHAT Plastic and dive kit Re</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=33"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=34"> Open Water Instructor Course Instructor Developme</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=35"> BSAC COURSES SKILL DEVELOPMENT COURSES (SDCs) SEP</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=36"> Maltaqua CENTRE FOCUS Left: BSAC Instructor Dav</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=37"> Above: BSAC Instructor Willem Weeseman with train</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=38"> CENTRE FOCUS PHOTO: MARCUS BLATCHFORD Tell me m</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=39"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=40"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=41"> and we have an additional two floors of classrooms</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=42"> IN THE MIX The big Greek dive Rick Ayrton, an e</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=43"> Athens HMHS Britannic Vou</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=44"> IN THE MIX A logistical challenge F</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=45"> I got excited with only 20 minutes left </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=46"> IN THE MIX have Greek hosts to reco</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=47"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=48"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=49"> Britannic – Taking on the challenge Our congrat</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=50"> LEARNING CURVE So you want to go </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=51"> Depths for BSAC diver grades Discovery Diver: ma</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=52"> LEARNING CURVE miserable, intimidating or panicky</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=53"> A friend who did the same dive remembers nothi</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=54"> TAKING CONTROL About abuoy 54</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=55"> INCIDENT ANALYSIS BY SARAH CONNER BSAC Advanced D</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=56"> Shipwreck stories WRECK PHOTOGRAPHY Reno</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=57"> W hen I look at a shipwreck, I d</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=58"> WRECK PHOTOGRAPHY Yacht Gunilda Lake Superior, On</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=59"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=60"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=61"> WRECK PHOTOGRAPHY IJN O</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=62"> WRECK PHOTOGRAPHY Governoren Enterpr</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=63"> SS Capilano Savary Island, British Columbia, Cana</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=64"> WRECK PHOTOGRAPHY SS Detroit Port Austin, Michiga</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=65"> 65</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=66"> WRECK PHOTOGRAPHY Sa</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=67"> USS Spiegel Grove Key Lago, Florida The USS Spie</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=68"> WRECKED SS Wallachia SALVAGE SITE OF THE SS WALLA</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=69"> WRECKED Left: The large propeller and rudder </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=70"> WRECKED notorious feature is found. It's a </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=71"> WRECKED Ab</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=72"> WRECKED sight to offer, if you want to drop </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=73"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=74"> TEST CENTRE Wraparound </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=75"> TEST CENTRE Sporty number </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=76"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=77"> TRAVEL FOCUS Departure lounge Travel news and off</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=78"> TRAVEL FOCUS Abu Dabbab goes Regal </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=79"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=80"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=81"> Raja Ampat TRAVEL SPECIAL Journey to heart of t</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=82"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=83"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=84"> TRAVEL SPECIAL At Raja, you have to be rea</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=85"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=86"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=87"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=88"> TRAVEL SPECIAL a tiny clingfish pecking away</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=89"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=90"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=91"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=92"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=93"> TRAVEL SPECIAL </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=94"> YOUR POSTCARDS Every month we will publish a seri</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=95"> POSTCARDS Bracknell's Best Wr</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=96"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=97"> Contributors Rick Ayrton provides this month's </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=98"> GREATEST DIVE Another country Attitudes to touch</a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 99" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=99"> </a> <a title="iSCUBA_94_Sept 2019 page 100" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec25f9b9?page=100"> </a>