Gear Deployment aboard the "Rachel Carson"

[Roger Long]

You can see what I have been observing and recording aboard the Rachel Carson for the past couple of days in this Facebook album:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4054456300214.1073741829.1846284215&type=1&l=a8c97c6622

During our last station today, my other Chesapeake Bay research vessel was working nearby and came over for a visit:

http://forums.sbo.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=150996&#post1017732

 

[Bob J.]

Any decisions on if you're heading north this summer or staying put & becoming respectable

 

[Roger Long]

Any decisions on if you're heading north this summer or staying put & becoming respectable

No. I'm just waiting for that decision to be made for me. Waiting, and waiting...

I could know in 5 minutes or not for a couple weeks. I don't know how the process is going.

At least I'm having a good time while I wait.

 

[Roger Long]

Here is a page with a video explaining and showing the advantages of the Rachel Carson's water jet dynamic positioning system during retrieval of a bottom lander instrument package.

http://www.cruisingonstrider.us/Lander.htm