Logbook Summary:
JD 055 - 24 February, 1997:
7:30 - Leave Dock. Problems getting YONAV up and running
14:30 - Tuning Geopulse and 3.5 kHz. Start first Nav Floppy (Tape 1).
YONAV work and 3.5 kHz looks good. Sidescan looks poor due to
wind and wave action.
15:17 - Start Line 1, but seas are too rough for subbottom systems.
16:52 - During Lines 6 and 7 change cruise seaward a number of time due
to nearshore sand bars.
17:09 - During Line 7 Geopulse power supply is down due to burnt fuse.
17:11 - Geopulse back on.
18:45 - Mudseismic crashs
19:39 - Blew fuse on Geopulse power supply.
19:42 - Fuse fixed.
20:17 - End Line 15, pull gear and transit back to dock.
JD 056 - 25 February, 1997:
7:30 - Leave dock.
14:38 - Line 16 has a navigation error (do not process).
15:19 - ISIS system crashs.
15:20 - ISIS system back up. New tape.
15:33 - ISIS locked up again. Reboot ISIS and switch to hard disk to avoid
tape change. Continue recording on Hard Disk for rest of the day.
17:00 - End Line 20. Pull gear and transit back to dock.
JD 058 - 27 February, 1997:
12:01 - Seas too rough for survey.
JD 060 - 1 March, 1997
12:14 - Begin survey of Isle of Palms. Set sidescan fish layback to "zero".
13:52 - Lost water depth feed to Navigation. Restart nav. program.
14:02 - ISIS system locked up. Start new file writing to hard disk.
16:25 - Icrease output power (280 j) to try and improve subbottom penetration
18:14 - Navigation droped out.
18:15 - Navigation back on line.
20:54 - Head into port.
JD 063 - 4 March, 1997
12:03 - Leave dock.
14:17 - Due to the high amount of shrimpers in the area, we see their
"drag" on the sidescan sonar.
17:01 - Way off line! (Heavy fog and high winds.)
18:46 - Fog too heavy - head into port.
JD 064 - 5 March, 1997
15:53 - Leave dock, but harbor is fogged in - turn back.
JD 065 - 6 March, 1997
12:15 - Leave dock. Strong winds.
13:25 - Sidescan sonar data will probably be altered due to white caps.
15:11 - 100kHz data is worthless.
17:43 - Still see noise on 100kHz, but seas have calmed down a bit.
20:08 - Seas calmed down and data looks good.
21:39 - Returned to dock.
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