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Special Sail for Marty Tulloch
Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven
3:30-7pm

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

 

Under clear skies with little wind and the warmest temperatures we have seen all week, we began the day with drills alongside.  Then the UMASS Boston and Ernestina crew joined Ru Morrisson, who researches plankton growth patterns in coastal New England, for a tour of WHOI's facilities and a talk on his studies and the technology he uses in his research.  Ru also introduced us to John Kemp, the head of WHOI's buoy and mooring facility.  John impressed us with the latest technologies in open water and weather data collection designed, engineered, manufactured and exported around the world from WHOI's facility.  The Ernestina crew then moved on to tour of WHOI's scientific vessel, the Oceanus.  After lunch, we packed in a quick trip to MBL's facility and got a first-hand look and biological account of the research organisms there, including squid, toad fish, crabs, sea urchins, lobster and corals from MBL's Dave Remsen.

At 3:30 PM, the new and old crew gathered back at the ship to board 50 passengers sailing to Martha's Vineyard in celebration of Marty Tulloch's retirement from teaching.  Everyone enjoyed a warm and sunny sail to Vineyard Haven with a southerly downwind breeze that carried us against the current.  The UMASS Boston crew continued their education in safe line handling, sail theory and operation of the vessel.

After disembarking Marty's party to catch the ferry back to Woods Hole, the remaining crew enjoyed a quiet dinner dockside and rested up for tomorrow's activities on the Vineyard.

Program Coordinators: Kristen Sharpless
Captain: Amanda Madeira

We would like to thank Lotus and IBM for donation of software, hardware and funding to enable regular electronic updates from the ship.

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