Iain and I worked together and played together. One April we buddied one-another on a dive from Calve Island into Tobermory Sound. We followed the sea bed of shelving sand down to 25m when Iain suddenly stopped swimming and turned to look at me in a perplexed sort of way. I realised that, surrealy, bubbles were coming out of Iain's ear in time with his breathing. At pretty much the same moment he signalled distress and activated his buoyancy device. I watched Iain reach the surface and start swimming to shore before making my own decompression ascent back up the shelf. When I got out of the water Iain's only concern was about leaving me and not about his own burst eardrum which had summarily put paid to his diving holiday on day one. My only regret is not having got a photo of bubble-man. Great guy. Paul Reeve

Iain was always a true gentleman. Will to help anyone. Remembered by all in a lovely service yesterday. Will be sadly missed. The world will be a sadder place without him. Lorraine Goulding.

Iain was a lovely ,friendly , helpful and mild mannered man and I will always remember him for his delicious homebaking at Ruth's workshops. Sail away Iain. RIP.