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The Airboats

Airboat

For our winter ice diving crazyiness…we are diving off an airboat.

Airboats have the ability to traverse over areas that other vehicles cannot. When the ice is too thin for snowmobile travel but still an obstacle for conventional boats, airboats can navigate easily. Airboats are flat hulled, with Kevlar reinforced bottoms and slippery skid plates that allow them to slide over snow and ice. Powered by an airplane propeller, they move seamlessly over both ice and water. There is no safer ground vehicle than an airboat when the sea ice is melting. It can cross widening cracks and continue moving steadily forward, even when breaking through the ice. No other craft allows for such movement over thin and breaking ice. This is especially important in the arctic environment from season to season. Airboats can also be used in shallow rivers and tidal zones in summer where there is not enough water depth for an outboard engine. They are also safe around marine wildlife and divers as there are no moving parts in the water.

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Watch the Daily Planet coverage of our airboat ice diving trips:


The winter dive season is just beginning...!
While everyone else has put their boats away for the winter, we are taking the Airboat out! Come join us this January-March 2010 for Airboat Ice Diving out of Rockport and Kingston.

Winter: (January - March)
Airboat Charters — Ice diving in the St. Lawrence River/Kingston from an airboat.

Summer/Fall: (June - November)
Toronto dive charters — We currently run dive charters to wrecks local to the Toronto area on our 24' Zodiac. Any Toronto divers interested in diving the Sligo, Merrill or Davies see our Dive Charter schedule

Charter our Toronto based 24' Airboat or join a weekend PADI Ice Diver Course.
Give us a call at 416-322-7066 or email at charters@greatlakeswrecks.com