Journals 2005/2006

James J. Dornicik
Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York

"Investigating Vertical Mixing at Eddy A4" R/V Oceanus July 14 - August 5, 2005

Journal Index: July 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20        21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27         28 - 29 - 30 - 31 August 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

July 21, 2005
Multiple failed launches of the Tracer sled

Throughout today was tried to launch the tracer sled three time. After we got the sled in the water we discovered that the orifices that spray the SF6 were getting clogged and shutting down the pumps. We tried to unclog the orifices many times, and were still having problems when we all went to bed at 02:00 hours.