Parting Shot

Chris Sterritt · Issue 60, May/Jun 2011 · pp. 84

Products mentioned: Inon Z240 strobe, Loc-Line, Polymorph plastic

Parting Shot 1 My friend and buddy Pete Bullen told me about Fibre Optic Snoots having heard a talk by Martin Edge and Alex Mustard last year. We both decided that, ‘I could make one of those’ so we set about trying to build our own. All those years of watching Blue Peter as a child had finally paid off. Mine started life as fibre from Farnells, Loc-Line from Cromwell Tools, some shrink wrap and Polymorph plastic from Maplins and a small baby bowl from Ikea! My wife Bea kindly donated some knicker elastic (from her sewing box, of course) to help secure the snoot to my Inon Z240 strobe. Having tested the snoot in my living room and getting decent results, I was very keen for full sea trials. Pete and I decided that under Swanage pier was our dive site of choice. Sadly, the British weather conspired against us and our 2 planned visits were both blown out. On our second attempt, we arrived …