Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day with flat conditions around Christian and Hope Islands, Georgian Bay. The water temperature was 71F, with corresponding middling viz. The charter did three shallow new-to-me wrecks: Michigan (barge), Marquette (schooner) and Mapledawn (freighter).
We were diving from Georgian Explorer’s newest charter boat, a refitted research vessel. This was the boat’s second charter day. The dive ladder is wide steps, which are spaced appropriately for shorter divers. Kudos for this, often rungs are too widely space for short people.
The roof of the cabin had two deck prisms set in it. I’ve only seen this feature in the 1800’s shipwreck City of Sheboygan. Deck prisms are prisms of glass set into the wood of the deck that allow sunlight into the space below, and were used before electricity came along. Maybe they played a function on the charter boat when it was a research vessel.
Captain Tim was knowledgeable, friendly and helpful.
Two side gates for water access, almost at water level. Plenty of space for divers. There is a covered cabin with a head.
The charter offers a home cooked lunch, we had sweet and sour meatballs and noodles. There was a fruit bowl, coffee, tea, a fridge with soft drinks and juice and a freezer with Freezees. This is the first time I’ve been on an Ontario charter boat that served food. Kudos for that, too!
All in all a very lovely day, with great diving, great weather and great food!
We were diving from Georgian Explorer’s newest charter boat, a refitted research vessel. This was the boat’s second charter day. The dive ladder is wide steps, which are spaced appropriately for shorter divers. Kudos for this, often rungs are too widely space for short people.
The roof of the cabin had two deck prisms set in it. I’ve only seen this feature in the 1800’s shipwreck City of Sheboygan. Deck prisms are prisms of glass set into the wood of the deck that allow sunlight into the space below, and were used before electricity came along. Maybe they played a function on the charter boat when it was a research vessel.
Captain Tim was knowledgeable, friendly and helpful.
Two side gates for water access, almost at water level. Plenty of space for divers. There is a covered cabin with a head.
The charter offers a home cooked lunch, we had sweet and sour meatballs and noodles. There was a fruit bowl, coffee, tea, a fridge with soft drinks and juice and a freezer with Freezees. This is the first time I’ve been on an Ontario charter boat that served food. Kudos for that, too!
All in all a very lovely day, with great diving, great weather and great food!
