I noticed a faint smell emanating from my rubermaid dive bin on Thursday afternoon that deserves some mention. Actually perhaps the rubbermaid container deserves some explanation first. In New England and I presume lots of other places rubbermaid bins tend to be the ubiquitous dive gear container on most dive boats. They fit nicely under most dive benches, have plenty of room for storage and all of your gear can easily be rinsed and washed out inside the container. They also help keep your car dry instead of using…
Tag: scallops
Trip Report: Bottle diving, scallop diving & Chester Poling
The weather this weekend turned out better than can be expected for New England winter boat diving. With the winds blowing for most of the week I did not have high expectations for the conditions but I was pleasantly surprised when the winds finally laid down on Friday and I was greeted with flat and calm seas Saturday morning. Although I have been diving most weekends in January and February all of these dives have unfortunately been shore dives since pretty much every charter has been blown out this…