Identity

Our Branch has been suffering from a crisis of identity for a little while!

While we have been happily known as 'CRABBSAC', as an acronym for 'Crawley Branch BS-AC' for many years, some of our Branch members felt that this abbreviation was outdated, and not very obvious, and so we started to call ourselves "Crawley Divers" as well.

Our Tornado, which was originally named "CRABBSAC", and has proper lettering to that effect on the bows, has now additionally been named underneath the original lettering as "Crawley Divers". Sadly, the "Crawley" is on the starboard side, and the "Divers" is on the port side, and both cannot be seen at the same time!

Even the most die-hard of us however must admit that we have very rarely had a successful VHF radio call to any Coastguard MRSC when using the identifier 'CRABBSAC' and invariably are asked to repeat our identity. I, for one, routinely use the term 'Crawley Divers' when calling on VHF Channel 16 / 12 / 14.

So for the moment we are happy to reply to any of the following:

• CRABBSAC

• Crawley Divers

• Crawley BSAC

While this website is located at www.crabbsac.org.uk , you will also find that links to www.crawleydivers.co.uk ought to work equally well (sometimes!). We really don't mind which you use to access us initially.

I hope that this has caused you a little amusement. No doubt we will resolve this one way or another in the fullness of time. Until then, it certainly isn't going to lose any of us any sleep, and we will concentrate on the more important object of going diving.