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Trip Report: Vickery and Jodrey dives (St Lawrence River)

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I actually wrote a huge post but my entire draft did not save so I guess I’m fucking writing this entire post all over again. It’s honestly been a real struggle to want to jump back into sub-40 degree water after diving in Mexico. A few weeks ago during my first foray back into New England diving I went up to West Rutland where I was greeted with 39 degrees (4c), less than 4-5ft of visibility, a leaky drysuit boot and ripped dry glove. Welcome to New England diving.. 🙁…

Trip Report: Roy A. Jodrey on Dec 11-12

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I decided to get one last trip on the wreck of the Roy A. Jodrey before the end of the season. “End of the season” is of course a bit of a misnomer. There is still plenty of diving to be done in the St Lawrence river in the winter but most charter boats are out of the water by mid-December and the ice starts to become an issue by February. If you get really desperate you can shore dive at the Islander or Bonnie Castle but you may have…