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This week I chat with Bob Anderson, who came North to Orkney in 1993, attracted by the allure of Scapa Flow. He worked as a commercial diver for four years before becoming a dive boat skipper in 1998. After three years on other boats, he finally took the plunge in November 2001 and bought the Halton.

“I try to explore as much of the underwater world as I can and dive the places the boat visits myself too.”

Bob is a diver too so hopefully can give a fairly accurate impression of what you are going to dive into. He tries to dive most of the sites that he puts divers in for that very reason… certainly, he has explored the vast bulk of the dives on his patch.

The crew as a whole all have a strong marine science background and this knowledge underpins much of the boat exploration. Projects completed so far have researched concepts including Blue Carbon, Photogrammetry, diver safety, human factors and habitat mapping.

Qualifications:
BSc and MSc in Marine Science
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore ticket for 60nm off land
Master 200t ticket
MCA Boatmaster ticket for Scapa Flow 7 North Ilse
HSE Commercial Diver
O level in Ceramics.

To find out some more about Bob Anderson, here are some links: 
https://www.facebook.com/haltoncharters 
https://www.clasina.co.uk/  

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