Cruise Plan

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:56:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Alb Nittrouer 
Subject: Melville Cruise Plan
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu
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               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000

                                            Chuck Nittrouer
                                            Marine Sciences
                                            (516) 632-8652
                                            23-Jun-1997 10:42am EDT
FROM:  CNITTROUER
TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _shipsked@ucsd.edu )
 
Subject: Melville Cruise Plan


			Melville Cruise Plan


Dates - 18-29 July

Location - shelf and upper slope near Eureka, CA; all work in water <500 
     m, between Cape Mendocino and Trinidad Head.

Leaders - C. Nittrouer (chief scientist)
	  C. Alexander (cruise leader, 23-29 July)

Personnel - Approximately 30 scientists, technicians, and students (not 
     including ship techs) from a range of institutions.  The personnel 
     list has the exact distribution of participants -- 35 for 18-23 Jul, 
     26 for 23-28 Jul, and 7 for 28-29 Jul.

Dock Location - Humboldt Bay Forest Products in Fields Landing, CA (south 
     end of Humboldt Bay)

Shipboard Gear Required 
     ship's crane - for loading/offloading gear
     A-frame and winch - for coring
     fantail capstan (forward deck) - for piston coring
     work boat - for surface buoy recovery
     portable power washer - for cleaning buoys
     SeaBeam - for one day of use
     darkroom - for developing x-radiographs

Our Specialized Gear
     Track Point II - will require transducer to be emplaced in well
     box, kasten and piston corers - each will be used through aft A-frame
     multitrack sensor - this includes a contained gamma-ray source (H. Lee 
	has initiated clearance requests)
     x-radiography - this is a small, safe system regularly used on UNOLS 
	vessels.  Darkroom facilities will be needed for developing 
	radiographs.
     deck winch - for mooring recovery/deployment
     CTD system - for approximately 20 casts.  We'll need access to a 
	conducting wire.



			Detailed Itinerary

17 July - Our gear will be on the dock and ready to load by 1600.  We'll 
spend the evening setting up gear.  We hope to sleep onboard.

18 July - We would like to depart early, and start work immediately.

18-23 July - Approximately 6 hours each day will be spent box coring at two 
sites (60 m deep) and along a line connecting the sites.  The other hours 
will be spent piston coring between 60-150 m.  On one day, approximately 5 
hours will be spent recovering an instrumented mooring and two guard buoys. 
After they are refurbished, they will be redeployed on another day.

23 July - About mid-day, we would like to return to Fields Landing and 
exchange some personnel, and immediately return to the study area.

23-28 July - Approximately 6 hours each day will be spent box coring on the 
shelf (60 m deep).  The other 18 hours will be spent box and piston coring 
on the slope (150-500 m deep).

28 July - At first light, we would like to return to Fields Landing to 
offload most gear and personnel.  From past experience, this should be 
completed within 5-6 hours.  This would be a good time to fuel the ship.  
We will then return to the study area.

28-29 July - During this period, the SeaBeam system will be used for 24 
hours.

29 July - We will return to Fields Landing, and remaining scientists will 
get off the ship.  Negligible gear will be left for offloading.