The Club Boat

Clydebank Sub Aqua Club is the proud owner of an XS 5.4metre Rigid Hulled Inflatable boat with a 90 HP Yamaha Engine. Also included are a GPS, Echo Sounder and VHF Radio. The boat is fitted with a S/S “A” Frame and removable Dive Cylinder Support Rack. The whole rig is transported on a sturdy Snipe Trailer. Iain Kennedy did a great deal of research and work to get this boat and it has really paid off. It doesn’t half shift !!! Above, Iain is taking the Boat on its "Sea Trials", in other words: we were giving it a fun work-out!

Iain keeps the boat in 1st Class running order so that it is always ready to take to a dive site.

In September 2007 we had a great Diving Weekend at the Summer Isle, in the North-west of Scotland by Ullapool. There was some excellent diving at Isle Martin and in Loch Broom.

The boat will take up to 6 fully kitted divers.

Other members of the Club have their own boats which they are kind enough to provide on Clydebank Diving trips, so with these 2 additional boats we can move 10-12 divers at one time to a Dive Site.

The aim is to avoid chopping the diver in to pieces with the big fan at the back. It's fun to make the diver swim miles to the boat after his/her dive. This photo was taken after a dive at Conservation Cave at Tanera Beag in the Summer Isles in May 2008.

Some photos of the Clydebank Dive Boat in action in the Summer Isles in May 2008.

To the right, two divers hold a perfect pose as they enter the water from George Kinniburgh's boat in Loch Goil. It took several attempts because they kept moving!

(Right) Joe McInally and Alan Pollock prepare to dive from Joe's Boat at Ardnoe Point, Sound of Jura.

Diving from a boat is in many ways easier than diving from a beach. You "kit up" in the boat and just roll backwards, over the side. Immediately you are in deep water and ready to drop down to enjoy the dive. At the end of the dive the boatman will be there to pick you up and help you aboard.