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In more recent times, partly as a result of this experience I went on become a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster Offshore and Advanced Powerboat Instructor. In addition I served for four years as lifeboat crew on the Maritime Rescue Institute private lifeboat service in Stonehaven - the same lifeboat that had pulled me out of the water. When it was closed down following damage during the great storm of December 2012, RNLI stepped in and opened a lifeboat station in its place. I served as the volunteer RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager for a number of years thereafter.
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Scapa Flow
“The British Battle Fleet is like the Queen on the chessboard;
it may remain at the base but it still dominates the game”
Lord Chatfield, Admiral of the Fleet
As the 1980’s progressed, my interest in wreck diving became more intense. The allure, mystique and hidden wonder of wrecks beckoned me into the depths. Almost exclusively I was diving wrecks and no longer dived for the simple pleasure of floating weightless and exploring the rich marine seascape of Scotland’s shores.