Yearly Archives: 2011

BSAC Boat handling course on the Thames, part II

Sometimes, even in the winter, it is sunny in London. The Thames has large tides and strong currents and is a great place to do boat handling training courses. After this course, we’ve got 6 more boat handlers in the

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Chartwork and Position Fixing on the Thames

What better way to spend a Sunday than on a boat cruising down the Thames Estuary to Canvey Island? After a day of navigation theory in the classroom, we boarded Londinium 1, the City of London Maritime Volunteer Service’s motor

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1st open water training of year

We’ve had a busy start to the year with 6 ocean divers, 17 sports divers, 8 dive leaders and 10 advanced divers all doing theory and pool work. The long awaited season has officially started! Thanks to Colin an ocean

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Boathandling on the Thames

We’ve been busy running boat handling courses on the Thames.  4 courses so far this winter (each with 2 boats) have seen Clidive members travelling through the Thames Barrier… up through Tower Bridge… … planning passages and learning to drive

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VHF marine radio course – THIS SUNDAY

There is one space available on our VHF Marine Radio Course being held this Sunday 10 April in London. Would you know how to make a MAYDAY radio call to the Coastguard if a diver was in trouble? Do you

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