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Rondo Dives

I've dived the "Rondo" 22 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
35	11 Apr 1981	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			20	20	20	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Dived with Geoff (who now has a dry suit). Wreck is buoyed. Down buoy line to rudder and followed keel to superstructure. Dark, but not cold. Vis 5m.	ABLJ 2, steel 69
39	15 Apr 1981	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			17	20	20	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz, Geoff Hide		Against all the odds, we were up at 6am for this one, and in the water about 9. No current, vis 7m. Saw superstructure, and details of hull. Very pretty sea-life.	Steel 60, ABLJ 2
42	16 Apr 1981	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			22	25	25	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Evening dive so water quite cold. Swam through prop shaft housing and between keel and rock. Looked for nudibranchs but found only their eggs. Amazing local slack - lasted 2 hours!	Steel 60, ABLJ 2
85	10 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			32	20	30	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Found and buoyed the wreck, then swam down to the archway and further down. Lots of bits to swim through - great fun. Inadvertently went deeper than intended so did stops at 10 and 5m. Some current, poor vis.	own
86	11 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	20	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Early morning dive. Through prop tube and between hull and rock. Very pretty. Torch flooded again (and jammed shut). Snorkelled to lighthouse and watched swans nesting.	own
90	13 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	20	Iain Hosking, Ross Butler		Up at 6am - in water at quarter to eight. Under wreck, through usual tubes, nooks and crannies. Strong current at start. Life - sea-scorpions. usual crustaceans and squidgy things. Vis improving. Dead calm.	own
93	14 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	15	25	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Deepest yet. Straight down to 40m. Black as pitch (no torches). Up to 30m where we were surrounded by a shoal of hundreds of fish. Usual acrobatics - passed Geoff and Mike, then on up to do planned 5 minute stops at 10m & 5m. Calm morning, water and air warm. Great start to the day (it pissed down afterwards).	own, except for Eric's Ulyxes death gauge
95	15 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			26	20	20	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Bottom time restricted because of later dive on Hispania. Essentially a 26m plowter - through tubes downwards, usual somersaults etc. Really enjoyable dive. Separated temporarily. Dry suit dry again.	own
98	16 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	17	27	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Second deepie - much better planned, both with torches. Saw wreck very clearly - not at all narced. Through tubes on way up, and under wreck. Some current. Sinuses kicking up again.	own
99	16 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	11	13	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Search for Ewan's tanks. Decent current at last...Wreck not buoyed, so had to find it again, by contouring at 15m. Down to 30m and back up slowly, very slowly, in fact all time slowest ascent. Curious wrasse.	own
167	7 Apr 1984	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	23	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		Excellent dive - made up for disasters during the day. Swam straight down inside hull to archway section which we examined closely. Through tunnel; examined feather duster worms and plumose anemones. Strong current, good vis, about 30 feet.	own
168	8 Apr 1984	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			37	12	15	Iain Hosking, Pete Wilson		In water at 10 to 9. Swam through every tunnel and hole in sight, including under the hull. Headache.	own
173	14 Apr 1984	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			48	12	23	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		'Bows of the Rondo'. Weather conditions marginal (force 6 + drizzle) but Pete's plan worked smoothly. Straight down to bows with no trouble, stayed for a while, swam back up slowly.	own
220	5 May 1985	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	15	17	Iain Hosking, Grace Franz		Evening dive. Still flat calm. Good vis. Plowter round bridge area, through prop shaft tunnels, under hull etc. Lots of fish life, feather duster worms etc.	Own +Scubapro Mk II
221	6 May 1985	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	11	14	Iain Hosking, Graham Russell, Sarah McCracken		Dived at full flood for added excitement. Current swept us down to 40m pretty quickly and down there it was fairly calm, but the current was then against us on the way up. Most invigorating dive yet on the Rondo, and a good end to the trip. First dive with Graham.	Own +Scubapro Mk II
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
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.
333	12 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			35	14	18	Iain Hosking, Simon Kirk		Took Captain for a complete tour of the wreck down to the tunnel under the hull at 35m (LW), Through prop shaft tunnel, somersaults off the 'superstructure' and backwards and forwards under the ship (lots of feather duster worms). Visibility spectacularly good, and weather perfect. Hell of a good dive.
334	12 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	17	27	Iain Hosking, Simon Kirk		HW dive. Slightly choppier, less sun, but just as slack. Straight down to 40m - vis not quite so good. Swam under the hull from starboard (small hole) to port (larger hole) - now at 38m. Up to break in hull - through another small gap. Saw lots of Devonshire cup coral on the wreck and strange cup-like things on stalks. 10m stop on rudder, 5m stop on line. Pratting about afterwards.
340	15 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			38	10	12	Iain Hosking, Phil Hume		Phil had a 2 minute time penalty, making this a short dive. We had time to get to our planned depth and back up to untie the line. Swam under the hull. Brilliant weather - bright, sunny and calm. Few pints in Salen afterwards.
343	17 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			47	13	23	Iain Hosking, Phil Hume		Perfect weather conditions for this dive - flat calm and blazing hot. We didn't hang about, but gnashed straight on down to the bows in 4 minutes flat. Depth was 47m inside the wreck. Leisurely trip back up to the stern. Stops not too boring.
426	23 Jul 1990	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			50	21	21	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		End of Trip 'Bows of the Rondo' dash. Murky green water, dark, atmospheric wreck (top has collapsed). Shook hands at the bows and then headed straight back up (into the current). Stops on the rudder. Still perfect surface conditions.