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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Gary Mills Gary Mills grew up in Fish Hoek and developed a passion for the sea from a
young age through spending most weekends game-fishing on the family boat. After national
service he started WSCUBA diving and in 1979 started a commercial salvage diving business
specialising in the raising of sunken vessels. He has successfully undertaken numerous high
profile salvage contracts on foreign registered ships. His fascination with shipwreck diving
was inspired by the tenacity and endurance of treasure hunter Mel Fisher who spent almost
20 years searching for the wreck of the Atocha. Gary has spent over 40 years researching and
searching for missing shipwrecks along the Cape coast and has successfully located
numerous forgotten wrecks. At present he is involved in several exciting new projects in the
field. He is a Commercial Dive Supervisor and RYA Yacht Master Offshore Skipper,
residing in Fish Hoek, Cape Town.
Contact: salvagediving@gmail.com
Barrie Gasson is a life-long resident of St. James whose grand-parents settled here in 1918.
He was a co-founder of the Kalk Bay Historical Association in 1995, together with John
Moyle and Andy Smith. He has edited the Bulletin since inception and contributed numerous
articles. He has been a senior lecturer and researcher in town and regional planning at UCT
since 1973.
Contact: gasson@sybaweb.co.za
Steve Herbert, after years in international insurance management, settled in Kalk Bay in
1996. He has had a long association with Kalk Bay through his wife Judy’s Goles and
Delbridge families. They live in Windsor Road in the house built by Arthur Goles in 1928.
He has been on the KBHA committee since 1997 and has contributed a number of talks and
published two family histories.
Contact: arcadia@49er.co.za
