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I've dived with Kenny Jack 11 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
246	25 Aug 1985	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	30	30	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Coastguard at Crail promised us a gale so we cancelled the 'Glanmire'. At St Abbs the water was flat calm. Bah! Took Kenny for a dive leader/SMB practice. Out to Cathedral via gullies. Saw the wrasse again. Kenny navigated us successfully round Cathedral and back to base.	own
259	12 Oct 1985	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	22	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Drove all the way from Aberdeen especially for this one. Cold but conditions good (no rain). Launched at Lochaline and rendezvoused at the rock with the archway. Wreck as usual. Current surface and vis not too hot. Plenty of fish, coral and squidgy things.	own
260	12 Oct 1985	Thesis	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	15	17	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Boat trip [from Lochaline] started off rough but ended calm. Current was not calm. Hauled our way down the line and headed straight for the engine room to visit the conger. Then down to the stern and up inside to the bows. Getting into the boat was tough.	own
261	12 Oct 1985	Ballista	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			9	30	30	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Very relaxing and comprehensive tour of the 'Ballista' and the 'River Tay' underneath. Large sea scorpion and plenty of things that scuttle. A lot more interesting than I remember it.	own
282	2 Jul 1986	Kronprinz Wilhelm	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			36	23	40	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Very satisfying first dive of the trip since we immediately hit the aft 12 inch gun turrets. Also saw two of the 6 inch guns and worked our way into the hull. Weather - somewhat chilly and foggy. Vis - good with bits in it. Not much sea life but some phosphorescence.	own, twin 55s, -4lbs, ie 24lbs total.
283	2 Jul 1986	Brummer	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			34	25	40	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Tour around the aluminium-framed bridge, then aft to the engine room, aft mast and superstructure. Forward again to bridge, and on to the bows. Saw most of the wreck, I think. Good dive but foggy and cold.	own, twin 55s, 24lbs
285	3 Jul 1986	Markgraf	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			44	12	27	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Return visit to recover the lump. Line tied on quickly before carrying on with the dive, mainly along the port side of the wreck. The bloody thing stuck in the wreck while being pulled up. Good barbecue on Hoy afterwards.	Twin 55s, 28lbs.
286	4 Jul 1986	Markgraf	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			44	18	33	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Got the bastard this time. It had caught in an extremely unlikely spot. After untangling it, we headed through the hull to the other side. Under the decks - saw a turret (maybe). Good satisfying dive. [but the 'lump' was ferrous!]	Twin 55s, 28lbs
287	4 Jul 1986	F2 & barge	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			15	16	31	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Down shot line onto black seabed. Momentary doubt as no wreck in sight, then relief as I saw the line joining the two ships. Followed it to the destroyer, where we looked around the bows and gun before gnashing back to the barge. In and out of the rooms, saw a vice and two sets of twin anti-aircraft guns. Ballan wrasse, pollack and small fish. 10m stop on mast, 5m stop free (drifted over the destroyer).	Twin 55s
310	11 Oct 1986	Hispania	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			26	27	30	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Stunning dive. Very clear, sunlight on wreck, thousands of fish -shoals of pollack and dozens of wrasse - some very big. Line came down to the stern - we headed forward, through the engine room and into the bridge, then out through the roof and on to the bows. Saw rust 'stalactites' in the chain locker very like those on the 'Titanic'. Back through holds and round starboard side.
311	11 Oct 1986	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	11	13	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Another fantastic dive. Slow descent to rudder then a more rapid drop down to 40m. Very good vis. Back up at 32m we dropped down to the port side and found a very narrow gap under the wreck at 36m. Met a male cuckoo wrasse on the way out. Back through the larger gap, and up through the tube. Saw another cuckoo wrasse.