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"LUST FOR RUST"

LERMONTOV SEPT 12-15 2009

 

Lermontov Engineroom

 

WE HAD A BLAST!! CHECK OUT THE TRIP REPORT AND PICTURES!!!!!

LERMONTOV "RUSTY RUSKY" Tour 11-15 SEPT 09

the adventure continues!!!!

BOOK YOUR FERRY HERE

 

I have tried to keep the priceing but unfortunately after 5 years we have had to slightly increase our prices. On top of the daily per person fee of $250 there will be a $35/day food surcharge. I really dont like doing this but anyone what has been on one of our trips has gone home amazed with the food from the weekend.

 

OR an all inclusive cost of $1331.00 for all fills, food, etc etc for 4 days.

 

 

Itinerary.

SEPTEMBER TRIP #1 2009

FRIDAY 11 Sept 2009:    

Arrive in Wellington to boardSweet Georgia late afternoon. If you are flying in from overseas then we will look at boarding at round 3:30pm Sweet Georgia will be waiting there for you on QUEENS WARF Dock. We will steam off into Deep cove after everyone has boarded either late afternoon or early on sat morning. Depending on conditions (skippers call)

 Sat 12 Sept:   Get to LErmontov round 9am. Dive Dive Dive!!!!!

Sun 13 Sept:   Dive Dive Dive

 Mon 14 Sept: Dito

Tue 15 Sept:   Dive in the morning and will head to Picton to get there late afternoon. Get the 6:05pm ferry to get back into wellington round 9;30pm. Stay the night in wellington (we can arrange accom at a back packers for the night for you) Then head back home wednedsay.

 

SEPTEMBER TRIP #2 2009

Wed 16 Sept 2009:    

Arrive in Wellington to take the 2:05pm ferry to PICTON. Arrive in Picton at round 5:30pm. Board Sweet Georgia which will be moored just beside the Ferry. We normally get our bags put onto trollies. Then a small tractor will take the gear straight to the boat on the warf!!. Once everyone is loaded on we will steam off into Deep cove and spend the night there. Then first thing in the morning be on the wreck for 9am.

 Thur 17 Sept:   Get to LErmontov round 9am. Dive Dive Dive!!!!!

Fri 18 Sept:   Dive Dive Dive

 Sat 19 Sept: Dito

Sun 20 Sept:   Dive in the morning and will head back to Wellington in the early afternoon. Will look at getting back to the QUEENS WARF in Wellington late afternoon. There we can stay onboard for the last night. WIll probably head off into town and have a nice meal. Then Monday head off home.

 

OCTOBER TRIP #1 2009

FRIDAY 23 Oct 2009:    

Arrive in Wellington to boardSweet Georgia late afternoon. If you are flying in from overseas then we will look at boarding at round 3:30pm Sweet Georgia will be waiting there for you on QUEENS WARF Dock. We will steam off into Deep cove after everyone has boarded either late afternoon or early on sat morning. Depending on conditions (skippers call)

 Sat 24 Oct:   Get to LErmontov round 9am. Dive Dive Dive!!!!!

Sun 25 Oct:   Dive Dive Dive

 Mon 26 Oct: Dito

Tue 27 Oct:   Dive in the morning and will head to Picton to get there late afternoon. Get the 6:05pm ferry to get back into wellington round 9;30pm. Stay the night in wellington (we can arrange accom at a back packers for the night for you) Then head back home wednedsay.

 

OCTOBER TRIP #2 2009

Tue 27 Oct 2009:    

Arrive in Wellington to take the 2:05pm ferry to PICTON. Arrive in Picton at round 5:30pm. Board Sweet Georgia which will be moored just beside the Ferry. We normally get our bags put onto trollies. Then a small tractor will take the gear straight to the boat on the warf!!. Once everyone is loaded on we will steam off into Deep cove and spend the night there. Then first thing in the morning be on the wreck for 9am.

 Wed 28 Oct:   Get to LErmontov round 9am. Dive Dive Dive!!!!!

Thur 29 Oct:   Dive Dive Dive

 Fri 30 Oct:   Dive Dive Dive

Sat 31 ct:    Dive in the morning and will head back to Wellington in the early afternoon. Will look at getting back to the QUEENS WARF in Wellington late afternoon. There we can stay onboard for the last night. WIll probably head off into town and have a nice meal. Then Sunday head off home.

 

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE TOP LINKS TO GET A GOOD READ OF THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP. LOADS OF PICTURES AND SHIP SCHEMATICS TO HELP YOU.

 

There she is!!

LOADS of deck room!

The BEST food ever on board Sweet Georgia!!

The details of the boat are below and it is a VERY comfortable vessel! (lots of nibbles!!!!) and whats MORE we havent increased the price for yet another year!!!!!!

EXPERIENCE LEVELS

Don't worry if you are new to wreck diving you are welcome. This wreck will satisfy ALL wreck enthusiasts tastes!!!!! There will be a lot of very experienced wreck divers on this trip too and the planning of penetration will be really well planned out to reduce any problems with people swimming into areas that are already inhabited with divers. If you are going to be penetrating the wreck you will need to be suitably trained and experienced and MUST have redundant air system for overhead environments .

I am glad to take people round the wreck on an orientation and also the more experienced through the wreck if there are requests for this.  This is with out a doubt one of the best ocean liner dives in the world. BETTER THAN THE COOLIDGE!!!!!! When you are  doing 90 minute penetrations with bugger all deco  - that's FUN!!!!!

any other enquiries contact Pete Mesley info@petemesley.com

DIVING

This is a great ship for all experiences. Basically the only rules on this trip is to dive within your training and experience. Your first trip will be really based on figuring out where the hell you are on the ship!! If you are deco trained then no worries with going into deco! We DO limit penetration to suitably trained divers with the right experience and redundant gear. No redundant air  - no penetration! I have a few pony bottles for hire also if need be. There are many places to venture safely within the 166m long wreck. For experienced divers we have specific briefings each dive to make sure that people will not be entering in places where other groups are diving. For safety reasons this will really cause havoc if a group drops in on top of another group exiting the same hole. We take this very seriously and with a little organization ensures everyone has a great experience over the  trip. !!!

We will be running two compressors so you wont need to wait long to get back into the water. !!!

BOOKING

$250 non refundable deposit to secure your place. ALL monies 10 weeks before trip goes. If you cant make the trip for some reason and can get someone else to come in your place then we can transfer your deposit. To secure your place for the trip contact me at the above email address. If you are using VISA there is a 4% surcharge (sorry  - visa companies screw us) and this trip there is no latitude to absorb these additional charges. Other than that just direct credit transfer, or bank cheque sent to me. Then we just focus on the diving!!

Looking forward to it!!

 

Extras: AIR Fills $10 a fill, Oxygen 0.02c a litre. ferry ticket (oneway)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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