Browsing Month March, 2008
Sub-Sea Diving: Underwater office
By Scuba Herald at March 26, 2008 | 4:06 am | 1 Comments
When we first met in Dolphin Offshore's Belapur office, saturation diver Arjun Shetty's T-shirt declared: "I'm sotally tober." At our next meeting at his Dombivli home, his red tee said: "I fear no beer." His favourite one, though, reads: "I'm not drunk, I'm chemically off balance." This 24-year-old has had this for five years, almost as long as he has been more...
Ukrainian sailors missing off HK
By Scuba Herald at March 26, 2008 | 12:09 am | 0 Comment
Hopes are fading for 18 Ukrainian sailors trapped underwater since their boat sank off Hong Kong after colliding with a Chinese cargo ship on Saturday. Hong Kong officials said the seamen could be alive if they had found an air pocket inside the upturned vesse But divers who knocked on the hull of the tug, the Naftogaz 67, did not get a response, they said. Rescuers more...
Extract: Raising the Dead
By Scuba Herald at March 9, 2008 | 4:14 am | 1 Comments
"Read an edited excerpt from Raising the Dead by Philip Finch" Don Shirley’s dive went smoothly at first. He headed down quickly. About five minutes in, he reached 120m. He knew that Dave Shaw should now be returning to the shot line, beginning his long return to the surface, with or without the body. During an ascent, all rebreathers release some gas from the breathing more...
Scuba divers lost as boat drifts away
By Scuba Herald at March 1, 2008 | 1:18 am | 0 Comment
Australia - A RESCUE operation is underway off Stradbroke Island after a boat drifted away from three divers this morning. There is concern for the safety of the divers, one of whom is the boat’s skipper, who are trapped in heavy seas off the coast of Point Lookout. The boat, which has two people on board, drifted away from the men earlier today, with police more...
