Tag: scooters

Three Wrecks and a Pipe Dream: a 3-wreck scooter loop from Perkins Pier

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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…

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…

Scootering to the OJ Walker in Lake Champlain

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Is the OJ Walker in Lake Champlain a shore dive? It is now.. 🙂 With DPVs anything can be a shore dive it’s just a matter of motivation and perspective. Ok maybe it’s a little more than that but I personally like a good challenge. For those that are unfamiliar with diving in Lake Champlain the OJ Walker is a wreck dive that is north of the Burlington Breakwater in about 60ft. It is typically a dive that you need to a boat to get out to. When I told…