7th May 2011

On the 5th, we started the Advanced course. Academics in the morning and on the afternoon boat for a Navigation dive, Peak Performance Buoyancy and then out for a night dive. All the dives went swimmingly well. We couldn’t have asked for a better student.

Then, on the 6th we were up early and down at Crystal by 6.45am for the last 2 qualifying dives, Deep and Naturalist. Visibility was good, slightly cloudy at depth but all n all, two very chilled dives.

The 6^th was a sad day, it’ Simons Nan’s funeral and in memorial to her, our good friend James (carpenter) & Nathans son, Kailash, made us a unique memorial raft which we’ve decorated with beautiful flowers, candles and at the side, we’ve put a gorgeous picture of his Nan in a handmade bamboo frame which Si organised.

In the evening we went down to the beach and at the exact time as the memorial service in England we played the order of service released the raft into the sea at the end.

The tide, however was our enemy that night, and the raft came in eventually, so the next day, we took a dive boat, and launch it successfully into mid ocean....

R.I.P.