Note, the boat doesn't have benches like most dive.boats. it is a table style bench in the middle. You set you gear under it and sit on it. When ready pick up gear and set on bench and get into in. So you could do doubles etc from it, but it's ideal boat for those types of dives. But it is doable.
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Note, the boat doesn't have benches like most dive.boats. it is a table style bench in the middle. You set you gear under it and sit on it. When ready pick up gear and set on bench and get into in. So you could do doubles etc from it, but it's ideal boat for those types of dives. But it is doable.
Mr. Dooley
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Recreational in my experience - but if the boat / divers are cool with doing a couple recreational dives at the same site, that might allow you to do one longer deco dive or something - just check with the captain first.
I've dived my twin 100's on their boat without issue, however the boat wasn't full (they take up to six divers) so there was ample space on the middle table where people assemble their kits. If the boat were full, adding a deco cylinder to the mix could make things a bit crowded.
Bubblesong
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Below are my starfish from Saturday, also Folly Cove. Other good shore locations on Cape Ann are Old Garden Beach, Cathedral Rocks (rocky entry), Magnolia Rock (same), and a few others.
There are also a few decent lakes and ponds up north (Winnipesauke has some wrecks), but be careful with spring-fed ponds. They can be quite cold.
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The problem with cape Anne now is parking is getting harder and harder
True. Folly was fairly easy this weekend, though, despite ~15 divers on the beach. You just have to walk a 1/4 mile.
Cathedral used to be easy too, but I have not been this year yet. The hike to the shoreline is ghastly though. Similar with Magnolia.
I stopped doing lanes, cathedral and folly a few years ago because the arthritis in my knee started saying you think your doing what again.
I fell twice a folly fully geared up....
I fell twice a folly fully geared up....
Bubblesong
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Indeed
Ouch! I've felt your pain. That and being slammed up against the rocks while exiting are the primary reasons why Cathedral is now a boat dive only site for me.
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