This is our Immediate project: - purchase of 2 or 3 decommissioned steel hulled trawlers (approximately 30 metres in length) and equipment.
The purpose:
To facilitate deep diving training parties. This will also be sponsored by BSAC / PADI divers (Paying customers) Nitrox Wetbell Compression Chambers and Navigation Trips for skippers.
To provide initial diving training using exhisting oilfield and salvage techniques.
The predominant equipment consisting of a wetbell diving system including underwater lighting and video systems - and a twin compartment deck compression chamber.
Also available on board will be facilities for underwater welding and cutting, underwater explosives, courses in navigation, nitrox, surface demand, hot water system etc.
The objective being to generate sufficient funding to pay for 8 children and two carers for a week's holiday on board this vessel. This vessel and all its facilities will be available to diving clubs, teams, colleges and universities for charter hire etc.

Great News!! We have had this vessel donated (May 2001) Click to the News section for updates on the progress of bringing the vessel to it's true potential!! - plus pictures and video footage - with full details and specifications!
We also have other offers in the pipeline, which we'll keep you up to date with - but the vessel above is definitely a go-er!!!

The Wetbell Diving System - Click on small image to see larger diagram with Specifications.

For further information please Contact Us today!
*Developments on this project are on our NEWS Section ..

Armstrong Quarry is an ideal site for the Watercrafts Complex - it is situated approximately 5 minutes from the North/Southbound M1 carriageway, near Worksop, 20 minutes to Sheffield - as near to centre of the UK as you can get!
If you read some of our supporting letters, you will see that the experts agree with the viability of the site for such a project!
Those of you who are familiar with the quarry will know that, prior to it's draining of the water many years ago, it was - in it's own right, already a centre for watersports enthusiasts and instructors, who used it very regularly.

Armstrong Quarry before it was drained (pictures taken about 7/8 years ago)

The Watercrafts Complex ..
This is our on-going major project:
We want to purchase, transform and develop the site currently known as Armstrong Quarry to facilitate all types of Environmentally Friendly Watersports e.g: Sailing, Canoeing, Navigation.
For most recent development reports - check on the News section.

The Centre will incorporate many facilities - the extent of which will mean that the Centre will require 35+ full and part time personnel to operate initially and, as the complex develops this requirement will no doubt increase.
The general public will have access to all facilities on a membership or pay-as-you-go basis - Use of qualified instructors and equipment.
Our special needs children will all be closely supervised and involved in group activities and training.
The diving school will be restricted to fee paying students subject to medical approval, and will be kept separate from the leisure centre for safety reasons. (We may need to use a pre-booking system at busy times to keep the members happy)
When completed, the centre will provide a Bar & Restaurant, Accommodation, Lecture rooms, Gymnasium, Sauna, Medical facilities, Workshop, Diveshop, Cafe, Hyperbaric oxygen chamber, Research & Development.
(Find out about the planned Specialised Commercial Courses that the site is capable of accommodating)

Most of the facilities at the Complex will be available to the public.
We plan to attract the sporting community with a football/rugby/cricket pitch and mini golf course etc. the centre will also provide it's own diesel electric power for economy and safety.
Apart from full and P/T employment opportunities for the local community we hope the extra influx of visitors will help to revitalise the whole area with increased trade for Shops, Hotels, B&Bs, etc.
The leisure centre will provide much needed jobs in a depreciated community while the diving centre will provide training to professional and N.V.Q. standards.
All this will provide funding for the most important part of our project which is ensuring deprived children not only learn something of value but have a fun time too. Anywhere that people gather and meet gives a sense of community that we want our special kids to feel a part of, without feeling like charity cases.
Training facilities, aid and encouragement will also be provided for Senior and Elderly students, The Emergency Services, Cave Divers etc.
The Watercrafts Complex will be Unique Globally, both in context and content, owned by the people - for the benefit of the people.

Above: The proposed site, from the air.