Periodically, I make the decision to sell off all of the diving-related books, manuals and documents that I’ve acquired over many years. It’s a ritual that involves taking them down from the book-shelf, blowing off the dust and then taking… Read More ›
The basis of the new professionalism that crept into the occupational diving industry belonged to the discovery, during the late sixties, of huge oil and natural gas reserves in the North Sea. With demand for qualified divers to work on… Read More ›
In May 1993, Asian Diver magazine, with six issues to its credit, was barely a year old when Rainer Sigel – the magazine’s Founder and Publisher; Michael Loh – its Creative Director and I attended the annual PATA (Pacific Asia… Read More ›
As a former believer in the notion perpetrated by generations of Chief Petty Officers – who took exception to ship’s decks being littered with rubbish – that the ocean was the “world’s biggest ashtray”, I always assumed that the sea… Read More ›
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important lesson that history has to teach.” – Aldous Huxley As a concept, Australia’s former peak industry diving body had much to commend it: Particularly… Read More ›
The following story – some parts of which are absolutely true; the language of the RM Sergeant being the exception – marks the love/hate relationship that then existed between the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines. After several months spent… Read More ›
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