Burnham's Ledge Dive Report and Request for Help

[TimK]

Let me do my plug for Fran as well. He and Matt go above and beyond by helping to carry gear to / from the boat and are always close by when donning and doffing gear before and after a dive to help out in any way possible. In the colder months after a long SI, Fran has hot water for the gloves and to pour down your wetsuit before the next dive (I'm sure he'd pour some down a dry-suit as well if you asked nicely...). None of the other operations that I have been on offer this level of service. With the exception of two dives this year, all the others have been with Fran. I forgot to ask him about the net yesterday while diving with him but it's nice to know he's thinking about getting it out of the way. We'll all have to thank him if/ when he's able to get the net removed.

 

[TimK]

How do you get on Fran's schedule? He is kind of hard to get hold of - you either leave voice mail or send an e-mail. So far, every time I've asked, he has been booked up...

Send him an e-mail at franm@aol.com and ask to get put on his mailing list. Here is one of his latest e-mailings with openings from 8/8/07.

Hi Everyone
Here is what is available the next few weeks. August 10th pm recreational dive one spot, August 13th pm Poling/divers choice 4 spots,August 14th am 3 tank hunting dive (at least one will be scallops),August 17th am Pinthis/Pinthis pick up in Scituate 3 spots, August 17th pm Mars/Pinthis 2 spots, August 18th pm Poling/divers choice one spot, August 19th am completely available, August 19th pm lobster diving 3 spots, August 21st am Isle of Shoals with pick up in Rye Harbor NH 5 spots, August 21st pm Isle of Shoals one spot, August 24th am completely available, August 24th pm Scallop dive 6 spots, August 25th pm completely available, August 26th pm lobster diving 4 spots, August 27th & 28th available, August 30th I have interest in a 3 tank lobster/scallop hunting dive 4 spots, August 31st pm 3 tank wreck dive,Sept 1st completely available. Let me know if any of this interests you 508-335-6339 thank you franm

 

[Rainer]

Fran's pretty easy to get ahold of. Either pick up a phone (oh, the horror!) or just shoot him an e-mail. He'll almost always get back to you by the next day.

 

[oceancurrent]

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?p=3025314#post3025314

Do you have a problem with e-mail?

Of course, I've talked to Fran before as well as left messages. It just so happened that all these times he wasn't available for the days I needed. Just my luck.

Definitely looking forward to traying him some time - everyone says he is the best out there.

 

[johnnyseko]

Popular guy. I know I had to booked my trip with Fran over a month in advance. Well worth it.

Get on his email list so you know where space is available. Just request it in an email to him if you haven't already.

(edit - oh, someone already said that haha)

 

[johnnyseko]

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?p=3025314#post3025314

Do you have a problem with e-mail?

:lol: :rofl2:

 

[matt_unique]

That is an awesome smiley....ha ha ha!

 

[RIOceanographer]

Of course, I've talked to Fran before as well as left messages. It just so happened that all these times he wasn't available for the days I needed. Just my luck.

He's sort of the New England diving equivalent of trying to get Red Sox tickets.

Like Johnnyseko said, he's popular and he has a pretty well established group of regular customers so he books up pretty early. I've only ever done mid-week charters with him and even those were always fully booked. He usually has most of his summer trip schedule planned around May, and most of the prime dates fill up quickly so it is just a question of getting in early enough.

If you aren't on his email list, he does send out pretty regular notices when he has seats open up and he'll send you his summer trip schedule in the spring as soon as he puts it together. Definitely worth having him add you to it.

Definitely looking forward to traying him some time - everyone says he is the best out there.

He definitely has the friendliest best charter operation I have ever gone out with. You can tell he enjoys what he does and really cares about doing a good job and making sure everyone has a good time and that makes all the difference.

 

[dbg40]

The geat cartoonist/mechanical engineer!!!

HA HA HA! I might have known you would get it. Then you know what I was getting at!

 

[Rainer]

Net is gone. Was at Burnham's today (Gauntlet) and all that remains is a dead seal. I heard Fran cleared it up last week (with a local fisherman). Vis today was in excess of 35' (we could see the rock when we dropped off the line at 50').