Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 13:32:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Chuck R Worley 
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        Robert Guza ,
        "William O'Reilly" , shipsked@ucsd.edu,
        wosutherland@ucsd.edu, Thomas Herbers 
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March 19, 1996

To:     Captian, R/V Sproul
        Marine Superintendent
        W. Sutherland
        Bob Guza
        Bill O'Reilly
        Resident Technician Group

CC:     Chuck Worley
        Mike Kirk
        Paul Jessen
        Tom Herbers


April 2-5, 1996 Cruise Plan aboard the R/V Sproul

The objective of this cruise is to recover 7 surface moorings located off
the Ventura coast. If time and weather permits bottom samples (~1 liter)
will also be taken at each station. This will be conducted with a sampler
provided by the Resident Tech group. Diving will be conducted only if the
moorings/anchors cannot be recovered using the surface moorings. At which 
time a dive team will attempt to recover the instrument.

On April 1 and 2, 1996 and dive team from UCSD and UCSB will attempt to 
jet out the buried anchors form a small boat.  This will help to remove 
the ~3 ft of sediment that is covering the anchors.  On April 3, 1996, 
one person from shore will board the R/V Sproul and help in the recovery 
operations. This person, Cary Humphries, will depart the R/V Sproul on or 
before April 4, 1996, at 1600. 

A load cell will be positioned in line with the block on the A-Frame to 
determine the load we are exerting on the mooring line. This will help us 
manage any unforseen forces on the mooring line and also will give us 
data for the future design of mooring systems.

Two visiting science crew members will be sleeping the night aboard the 
Sproul on April 1,1996.

Mooring locations:

Site 1  34 12.099'N     119 18.460'W    20 meters
Site 2     12.821           19.020      21
Site 3     13.490           18.842      20
Site 4     14.146           18.796      21
Site 5     14.886           18.695      20
Site 6     15.656           19.365      19
Site 7     16.410           20.477      19


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April 1, 1996, 1300-1700: Move all equipment to Marfac for loading

April 2, 1996, 0800-1300: Load ship and secure load. Attach block to
A-Frame with load cell and stopper chain. The following items are
scheduled to be loaded: 

        1) 3 wire baskets with 6 empty 55 gallon drums. ~500#'s
        2) Assorted deck tools and recovery equipment. ~250#'s
        3) 9 dive tanks and emergency O2
        4) dive gear
        5) instrument test equipment
        6) ~14 old tires

Loading will be conducted using the R/V Sproul's ship crane.

April 2, 1996, 1400: Depart Marfac for Santa Barbara Channel, Site 1 
~142nm at 8 kts = 18 hours
                        
April 3, 1996, 0800: Arrive at Site 1 and recover mooring
                     Obtain bottom sample

April 3, 1996, 1100: Arrive at Site 2 and recover mooring
                     Obtain bottom sample
        
April 3, 1996, 1400: Arrive at Site 3 and recover mooring 
                     Obtain bottom sample

April 3, 1996, 1700: Arrive at Site 4 and recover mooring
                     Obtain bottom sample

April 3, 1996, 2000: As weather and time permits, bottom samples will be
collected at various sites near the coast, locations still to be
determined. 

April 4, 1996, 0630: Arrive at Site 5 and recover mooring
                     Obtain bottom sample

April 4, 1996, 0930: Arrive at Site 6 and recover mooring
                     Obtain bottom sample

April 4, 1996, 1230: Arrive at Site 7 and recover mooring
                     Obtain bottom sample

April 4, 1996, 1600 to 2000: Obtain any extra bottom samples, as time 
permits.

April 4, 1996, 2000: Depart for Marfac ~142 nm at 8 kts = 18 hrs

April 5, 1996, 1400: Arrive Marfac 

April 5, 1996, 1400 to 1700: Offload ship contents to dock using dock
crane. 

April 8, 1996, 0800: Move all recovered moorings to Camp Elliot. 

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Scientific Crew:

Bill O'Rielly   SIO     Chief Scientist
Mike Kirk       SIO     Senior Engineer
Chuck Worley    SIO     Marine Technician
Paul Jessen     NPS     Engineer
Chris Stansky   SDSU    Graduate Student
Cary Humphries  SIO     Diving Officer (TBD)

 
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Chuck R. Worley                                 University of California
(619) 822-0620 tel                   Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(619) 534-0300 fax                       Center for Coastal Studies-0209
cworley@ucsd.edu                                       9500 Gilman Drive
                                                 La Jolla, CA 92093-0209
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