Dick will contact Rose regarding the scheduling. Currently, we are
   to leave 31 July (approx 8 PM Monday evening) and return 4 August
   (approx 8 PM Friday night). The trip is to Camp Pendleton to retrieve
   our fiber optic cable. Since we recently pulled on the cable and it
   appears free, we do not anticipate any problems in the recovery. 
   Thus, we should be able to make it a 2 day trip instead of 4 days. 
  


Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:08:21 -0500
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu
From: dick@mpl.ucsd.edu (Richard Harriss)
Subject: 31 JUL 95 R. G. Sproul trip plan
Cc: wsh@mpl.ucsd.edu, gld@mpl.ucsd.edu, rgsproul@sioa.ucsd.edu

The plan for the Sproul trip on 31 JUL 95 is to use the MPL Crossline
winch, and a large roller which we will mount on the stern of the Sproul,
to retrieve an unterminated 3.6km cable.  The intention is to capture the
end of the cable which is hanging from a float at 33 deg 15' N by 117deg
27'W.  This is about 2 miles off Camp Pendelton in 70' of water.  We will
anchor at that spot and wind up the cable on the winch.  Previous tests
indicate that the cable moves along the bottom easily.

Richard Harriss
Marine Physical Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California San Diego
291 Rosecrans St.
San Diego, CA 92106
(619)534-1843  FAX (619)534-5255