I decided to delay my second blog post because of the lack of news. I arrived in New York yesterday and made it to the boat just in time for dinner. The guys I’m working with have been showing me how things are done around here and explaining a little bit more in depth of what we will be doing. I had some down time to explore the ship and start to figure out where everything is. This morning another tech and I checked out the birds that will go onto the streamer to make sure the program had the correct serial numbers to be able to communicate back and forth. After the morning everything slowed down a little bit while we were waiting for other people to arrive. I also helped to replace a UPS(Uninterruptible Power Supply) to keep the electronics running in the event that we lose power. Tomorrow will be busy because we will be spooling the P-cable that we will be towing.
I found out that we will not be leaving port until Monday, which will give me time to get anything I may need while out at sea. The cruise plan is to complete a survey of an area approximately 20 miles off of the Barnegat Inlet in New Jersey to about 150 miles offshore. I was also informed that I will be working the day shift which is from 12 noon to Midnight while we are sailing. In the next few days as we prepare to leave I will be trying to get onto this schedule and I will make another post later on in the week as I get more involved and learn more about what we will be doing.
-Tyler