Tuesday
Leaving Burray we headed South West into the sound, the teeth of a Northerly gale (Viking….. increasing to a force 8 according to Bobs Thery net !!) behind us. The white horses racing and out pacing the Halton as we made our way to the UB116.
The Dive (search for Horenbergs spoon).
En masse we descended onto the wreck, a large shoal of juvenile fish hung above like a living cloud. At 30m deep the breaking sun still lit the wreck, no real need for torches today. The wreck is well broken up lying shattered on the sea bed, remnants of the double skin pressure hulls still evident. A large conger eel hung concealed under the hull plating tempting us all to put our hands and heads where we shouldn’t. All to soon we were heading back to the security of the shot line, and a slow ascent saw us all safely onboard the Halton .
Stanger Head saw the fishing competition start, John the trained hunter was well beaten by 15 fish to 4 to me, but tomorrow will be another day.
The force 8(ish) eventually arrived pushing us into Lyness for a break and cutting our dive choices down. Limited as we were we eventually headed to the well dived F2. The visibility was very good, the bow standing proud as we descended. We all had a long dive and a good look around, investigating the wreck and following the rope out to the attending barge. Making our way to the surface we ended our 3rd day of diving.
Tonight we are moored safely up at Longhope anticipating a banquet at the Royal.
MB
