1.0 Vessels, Personnel and Tasks
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1.0 The Vessels, Personnel and Tasks:
The vessels:
R/V Gulf Challenger, UNH Paul Pellitier (Capt.), Ken Houtler (Mate).
R/V Galen J, UNH Noel Carlson or Michael Chambers (Capt.)
F/V Nobska, Woods Hole Matt Stommel (Capt.)
The Personnel:
From UNH:
- Michael Chambers, Project Manager
- Paul Lavoie, Research Engineer
- Dave Fredriksson, System Design Engineer and Diving Support,
- Noel Carlson, Captain and Diving Support
- Liz Kintzing, Dive Safety Officer
- Glenn Rice, Technical and Diving Support
- John Ahern, Engineering Support.
From Net Systems:
- Tim Gregg, Technical Representative
From the Nobska:
- Matt Stommel, owner and captain,
- Joe, Sean, Leicester, and Chad, crew
From WHOI:
- Jim Irish, Instrumentation and WHOI Logistics,
- Will Ostrom, Rigging and Installation of Mooring System,
- Walter Paul, Mooring System Design, Rope and Cable Details
The Tasks:
- To transfer and assemble the North Cage at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
- To instrument the North Cage with environmental sensors and load cells during its assembly.
- To conduct "normal mode" tests by releasing the cage from a crane that had displaced the cage from its equilibrium position and observing the response and damping as the cage oscillates about it mean depth.
- To tow the North Cage from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to the OOA site 1.3 miles south of the Isles of Shoals, a distance of approximately 12 nautical miles, and to moor the cage to a temporary mooring deployed by the Nobska on her way into Portsmouth, NH.
- To assemble, transport to the site, and deploy the four anchor/leg mooring for the fish cage,
- To tow the fish cage into its mooring and connect it to the mooring,
- To tension the Northern Cage mooring system to bring the cage into its desired moored position,
- To relax the South Cage mooring and grid and repair the fouled NE corner rope ring,
- To replace the spar crown buoys and chain adjustments on the South Cage,
- To retension the South Cage mooring system.
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