Windy Weymouth
A week of torrential rain and force 6-8 winds meant that we were not hopeful of salvaging a Bank Holiday weekend at Weymouth. We were due to be diving Saturday and Sunday, with Sunday being the main event and a return to the wreck of the Salsette - 10 miles west of Portland Bill.
The boat we were booked on was X-Dream, a 38′ Evolution skippered by Paul Pike. This is the same boat that we are using for a weekday safari down to Salcombe in a few weeks, so I was interested to get some dive in off her, and with Paul, first.
After many e-mails and phone calls, finally on friday morning we get the go-ahead that paul will try and get out of the harbour for us, and was hopeful.
In the end we didn’t get to do the salsette again, but managed some reasonable dives on Lulworth Banks, Bally Bay, the Aoelian Sky (which was dark, dark, dark but covered in nudibranchs!) and the bow of the Black Hawk.
More importantly we discovered that X-dream was a great boat, with lots of room and a good lift, plus the best head in Christendom - complete with air-freshener and clean as you like! Paul is a very friendly and extrememly competent skipper with a nice line in home-made soups for lunch, We were blessed with Mulligatawny, and given the weather it was extremely welcome.
Roll on Salcombe.
