Klubaand Vrydag 15 Augustus

Vrydagaand is klubaand!

Hamburgerbraai by die klubhuis. Bring jou eie burger “patties”, ons voorsien die broodjie, tamatie, ens.

So vanaf 6.30.

Laat weet asseblief as jy saam kom kuier, sodat ons genoeg bykosse kan voorsien.

O ja, onthou jou eie drinkgoed!

Groete

Dive Zero

Hierdie is 'n oulike TV formaat joernaal oor duik die hele wêreld vol.

Freak wave hits Durban beach

News 24

Durban - One man drowned and 18 others had to be rescued after being swept into the sea after a freak wave hit the main beach on Sunday.

The Durban NSRI and the Vodacom Netcare 911 surf-rescue helicopter were called out just after 15:19 after reports of a large number of bathers in difficulties at the beach.

The helicopter crew found lifeguards and police doing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on a man of about 40, but without success.

He was declared dead at the scene.

Lifeguards reported at that stage that one person might still be missing in the surf.

While the helicopter was searching for the person suspected still to be missing, it was confirmed that all those who had been swept into the sea were ashore.

Unexpected waves

Lifeguards had restricted bathers to wading in the surf because of rough sea conditions.

It appears that, with the rising tide, a set of waves unexpectedly swamped the beach, sweeping 19 bathers wading in ankle-deep water off their feet.

Lifeguards quickly pulled in most of them, apart from a few who had been swept further into the sea.

One lifeguard was taken to hospital after getting lacerations while rescuing victims. He is reported to be in a satisfactory condition.

Scuba in your Car

An Even Stranger "Boat"

Submitted by glenjustice on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 02:36.

For a week, a story about the Rinspeed Splash, a Swiss-made car-boat-hydrophoil that looks like a Miata and is fast enough to tow a skier, graced our home page. We thought it was funny – the strangest boat of all.

Then this crossed my path: the same company is making an car that can dive. According to the company's website, the Rinspeed sQuba will be capable of traveling more than 30 feet below the surface. Inspired by a scene in the 1977 James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me" (the Roger Moore era), the car is expected to debut in the Geneva Motor Show next month.

The sQuba, according to the company, has three motors – one for driving and two for the screws – and jet drives on the front...or should I say bow? The entire cockpit fills with water – apparently, you drive into the water, the car floats and then you literally open the door and let the water in. This eliminates unwanted bouyancy, and occupants then breathe via SCUBA tanks. The car sports an open top for emergency exits.

Why am I writing about this? Because it is insane...extreme...mad, even. Like mega yachts and $75,000 infrared cameras, it's not my cuppa joe but I'm glad it exists. Rinspeed chief exec Frank M. Rinderknecht, the architect of these insane little not-for-sale projects, clearly has some vision, odd as it is. As Rinderknecht explained it, he's had this on his mind since he saw the Bond film.

“For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly under water," he said in a statement. "Now we have made this dream come true.”

Well, boats – even those of the strange, driving, submarine-line variety – are all about dreams. Go Frank.

Rinspeed