Yesterday we scootered about 4.5 miles around Burlington Bay in Lake Champlain, visited three shipwrecks, and surfaced 3 hours and 50 minutes later. I was cold and very thirsty but the dive was a success. Skipping the heated vest was definitely a bad idea, even in 53 degree water. Although to be fair I could have just worn thicker undergarements. The dive plan started the way all bad ideas start: I looked at a nautical chart and said, “You know, I wonder if we could scooter to these wrecks from…
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Trip Report: Roy A. Jodrey on Dec 11-12
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…
