Updates for Great Lakes Expeditions 2013 boat season

Hello Great Lakes Expeditions Guests,

We wanted to send out an update for the upcoming 2013 Boating Season. Currently our boat, the Double Jameson, is still in her winter storage undergoing maintenance and upgrades. We did not want to have this work being done on her to delay our ability to provide services to all of our guests for the 2013 season. So we shall be utilizing a new boat for the 2013 season. We shall still be operating out of “L” dock at Diversey Harbor. With our using a new boat this season, we will be updating our 2013 Pricing for our services.

Boat Trips:
-Basic Boat Trip to the “Chicago Play Pen” for 3 hours…. $855.00
-Additional Per Hour Rate for Boat Trips….. $285.00
-Deposit for Boat Trip Bookings….. $285.00
-Fuel Surcharge is dependent on the amount of travel time for the Boat Tour.
These prices will break down to $95.00 per person (based on 12 guests) for a 4 hour trip.

All Boat Tours are PAID IN FULL before we leave the dock. See our INFO Page and SHOP Page for more details on prices, Boat schedules, and other general information for your questions.

Cancellation Policy:
As a general rule, we will go out if the waves are four (4) feet or less. Guests with a 10-day advance notice may cancel a trip without penalty. If a guest should cancel within 48 hours of the scheduled trip, there is no refund of the deposit. In the event that the weather does not cooperate and the charter never takes place, we will gladly reschedule your charter for another date with no loss of deposit or fees. We will monitor the weather up until the day of the charter and we can all make the decision together as to whether or not to go out. The Captains of the Boat always have final say when it comes to weather conditions. We will not take any charter out in bad weather that could potentially cause harm to the passengers, vessel or crew. We want you to have a good time and tell your friends about our services. The deposit is refundable in the event of bad weather BEFORE the charter takes place or can be applied for another date. Once the collective decision is made to go out, then we are out and the charter is underway and no refund for weather will be given.

Please feel free to contact us so that we can get your dates scheduled on our calendar. We look forward to having all of you with us this coming summer.

Regards,
Great Lakes Expeditions Team

Email: glexpeditions@gmail.com

The 2013 Boating Season is almost here……

Great Lakes Expeditions has added a new feature to our Website home page: Point n Click access for our Lake Ontario dive operations on the Lyn Lee.

Here is the 2013 Dive Charter and Boat Charter pricing….
Diving:
-2 Tank Dive….. $120.00 per diver
-1 Tank Dive….. $95.00 per diver
-Fuel Surcharge is dependent of what wreck we go to

Boat Trips:
-Basic Boat Trip to the “Chicago Play Pen” for 3 hours…. $750.00
-Additional Per Hour Rate for Boat Trips….. $250.00
-Deposit for Boat Trip Bookings….. $250.00
-Fuel Surcharge is dependent on the amount of travel time for the Boat Tour

All Boat Tours are PAID IN FULL before we leave the dock. See our INFO Page and SHOP Page for more details on prices, Boat schedules, and other general information for your questions.

Please feel free to contact us at glexpeditions@gmail.com

Met up with Gulen Dive Resorts

We had the chance to meet up with Orjan Sandnes from Gulen Dive resorts in Norway.


Welcome to one of Norway's best diving destinations

Gulen Dive Resort is located at the entrance to one of the world's most spectacular fjords, and travel destination.

The nature offers the same spectacular adventures under water as above. Gulen Dive Resort is Norway's leading dive Destinations, and have visitors from all around the world.

Here is the link to their company website: http://www.gulendykkesenter.no/

Met up with Northern Explorers from Norway

We met up with Sven Gust with Northern Explorers at the Boot International show in Dusseldorf Germany.

Below is information about their company and the link to their company website:

Northern Explorers is a specialist for diving-, fishing- and adventure tours in Scandinavia/Northern Europe.

We do not go where all the others walk - we make our own tracks, together with you.

This is a link to their website: http://www.northern-explorers.com/about.htm

Great Lakes Expeditions heads to Dusseldorf Germany

Well we are already hard at work getting Great Lakes Expeditions more exposure Internationally. We will be heading to the Boat Show in Dusseldorf Germany this year to promote our Dive Charters in Chicago and Kingston Ontario...

http://www.boat-duesseldorf.com/

Look for more interesting events coming up from Great Lakes Expeditions for the early parts of 2013! And of course....we look forward to seeing everyone again for this coming Boating Season in Chicago!

Straits of Mac dive trip 9/15/2012

Made a trip out to the Straits of Mac wreck on Sunday 9/15/2012.... please see our Galleries Page for pics and Video of the dive.

This was our first dive back in Lake Michigan on our new Evolution Rebreathers from Silent Diving.

Kingston Ontario Dive Trip Aug 30th - Sept 10th 2012

Please see our Galleries Page for pics from our Dive Trip to Kingston Ontario. This was a great trip to visit our sister ship Lyn Lee in Kingston.

We participated in a Silent Diving Rebreather course. We also went through our Advanced Nitrox course as well as Mixed Gas Diving course for the Evolution Rebreather.

The weather was terrific....warm and sunny the whole time. Water temp was on average about 73 degrees......even at 135ft! We visited several wrecks in the 1000 Islands area of Lake Ontario, the Marsh and Comet to name a few. The visibility was not the greatest for pics and video unfortunately.

Lyn Lee Dive Boat in Kingston:


Captain Damon and Jason "Little Dude" enjoying a dive: