Diving
Dives
I've dived with Robert Sproul-Cran 4 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19
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6 Aug 1980 | Mull of Oa | Islay | Scotland | 6 | 10 | 10 | Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan, Lizzie Daw, Malcolm Gauld, Robert Sproul-Cran |  |
Photographic sortie. Visibility excellent (50 feet+). White sand, lots of fish. Robert took group photograph. | ABLJ 5, steel 69, own dv, 22lbs weight. | |||
| 44
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17 Apr 1981 | Dartmouth | Sound of Mull | Mull | Scotland |  |
9 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Robert Sproul-Cran |  |
Dived with Robert to find and photograph cannon. No joy, but found a huge anchor. Carried out assisted ascent. Snorkelled around the 'Ballista' afterwards. | Twin Draegers (90 cu ft), ABLJ 5. Took off 2x4lbs - too light. | |
| 45
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25 Apr 1981 | Ocean Bride | Loch Sween | Kintyre | Scotland | |
5 | 60 | 60 | Iain Hosking, Robert Sproul-Cran | |
Dived with Robert to inspect the boat and see if strops could be attached. Cleared out some ballast. Bottom - silt. Vis 0-2m. | Geoff's Typhoon dry suit and miscellaneous undergarments, steel 87, ABLJ 6, extra 12 lbs weight. | |
| 46
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26 Apr 1981 | Ocean Bride | Loch Sween | Kintyre | Scotland | |
5 | 30 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Robert Sproul-Cran | |
This time we attached strops to the bows and stern, and made loops for the oil drums. Digging into the silt reduced the visibility to zero. | As previous dive |