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Week Six: The Final Week on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp

Author: Sebastian DiGeronimo
Host Vessel: R/V Hugh R. Sharp

6/24/19

              Hello all,

              The last full week of being out on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp, what a wonderful time it was. This was probably the easiest time for me with mostly demobilization and remobilization for a one-day cruise with the Office of Naval Research. The plan was to deploy four bottom mounts and one line of small sensors, then finally a few days to enjoy Delaware for all its flat glory.

              For Sunday, we arrived to Lewes around 0500, but since we got in when it was low tide, we couldn’t go into the channel until 0700. We were all just waiting ducks until the tide started to rise. The final tie off for the scallop trip finally ended. Since everyone was beat from the past few weeks, everyone tried to leave early to get some actual sleep in their beds and rest up for a demobilization and remobilization for a two-day cruise working with the Office of Naval Research. The boat was tied off in an easier fashion due to the nature of having lines on the dock instead of throwing them overboard. By 1200, the majority of the crew had left. All we ended up completing was removing trash. Tomorrow will be a hard day.

              We ended up with Christian later that night where he showed us around Rehoboth, DE. WE had some food a one of the restaurants and went back to the ship for an early 0700 morning. An early day to sleep at last.

              For Monday, an early morning to get all the large equipment off the deck and a few items onto the deck. We started around 0700 where we started with removing the sorting table, dredge ramp, HABCAM ramp, and HABCAM tracks. This part was mostly easy; we just needed to hook up lifting straps to the crane and move it to the shore where one of the shore-support would get the forklift move the items back to their spots. We spend a good few hours removing these large items. The last major removal was the laboratory van which was a little bit more involved due to a rigid metal lifting harness needed to be attached to the crane and then lifted to the van. We had to get on top of the van to attach the metal harness to van and off went the van. Next was washing the deck with ‘on-off rust remover’ to remove the rust that had built up being at sea. While I was working on that, a few guys removed the port side winch block as it was not going to be used for the next cruise with the Office of Naval Research

              After everything that could be taken off was, now its time to add some gear to the deck. We added a Zodiac type boat, as they call it a NAZ (not a zodiac) back to the 01 deck where it normally is; we added a huge 7200 pound winch to the center of the deck; we added a couple of cleats near the A-frame and the rails back to the port side of the deck; and we added a few counter weights as the winch was shifting the boat a little to starboard. All was easily done with the crane, a few lifting straps, shackles, and a tag line or two. We secured all the items with either bolts or rachet straps. By this time the science team had arrived, but they were working in the low bay in the operations building to work on getting their two spider bottom mounts and two larger platform bottom mounts ready for deployment on Wednesday. This was basically the end of our day as well because we got most everything done.

              Later that day, the cook, Hunter, took Shaun, Huxley and I to Dewey Beach to show us the little beach town. It was an interesting place that reminded be of a smaller Jersey Shore. Beaches and restaurants all around. Unfortunately, it started to rain a few hours in, and we ended up leaving back to the ship. I was able to get a good night sleep to keep getting ready for tomorrow.

              For Tuesday, another early morning at 0700, a great time to wake up with so much time having to finally sleep. After breakfast, Christian gave Shaun and I news that we needed to get the multibeam set up and installed before we leave tonight as it was a last-minute addition to the cruise plan. The multibeam was stored in a cargo container, but it wasn’t clean since they removed it, so a lot of TLC was needed before it was ready to be used. We also needed to take out one of the unused pods currently in the keel to put it in its place. Christian and Tim Deering were showing me the tricks of the trade to clean it off. I was using wooden dowels to scrap off the buildup of mud and barnacles. They did this because it was a soft and wouldn’t scratch the transducers. I will tell you; it took many hours of cleaning because they were satisfied with it. We also had to replace a couple zinc plates and rinse with water. Once it was cleaned, the other trick they told me to use for anti-fouling was vacuum grease and cayenne pepper. Tim told me fishermen used to use this for anti-fouling as paint cost too much as the time. Once greased up, we were good to move it to the ship. All the while, Shaun had been removing the metal grate that holds the pod in place in the keel so that it could be removed with the crane. First, lunch with sandwiches from the local sandwich shop. As soon as got done, we got the old empty keel pod out by Christian and Shaun going in the keel and hooking up to the crane. Huxley and I were guiding it out as the crane operator rose it up. A line was tied to it and we guided it back to shore where it was placed on the forklift. Next, we lifted the multibeam pod and placed it into the keel. This time I went down to put and tighten the grate. Then we ran the cable through the passage and into the dry-lab where we hooked it up to the computer. We finally got it all hooked up and it was ready to go. Most of the crew had left at this point, but soon the science team would start loading all their gear. All we needed was a forklift driver, a crane operator and Shaun, Huxley and I. We started with the gravity corer attached to a wooden frame, then the two spider bottom mounts, an hour later the two platform bottom mounts. We talked with the science team on how to secure all them down, then we went at it. A few large containers were added, and everything was on board. The plan was to leave at 2000 and start the next day at 0500. The crew came back around 1900 and we started off. Since all the deployments were during the day, Christian, Shaun, Huxley and I went to bed shortly after.

              For Wednesday, another early morning at 0500 this morning. We were getting ourselves ready before the science team wake up. The game place was to deploy a platform, then a spider, then a platform and lastly a spider. Before each deployment we would do a corer sample to make sure we at an acceptable location and deploy. After everything is in, we will do a little multibeam over the sites and back to Lewes.

              The first deployment of the platform was pretty quick. After we had to core sample finished, we used the winch to and four tag lines to inch it close to the transom until right at station. The science team had rigged up a removal compass to adjust the direction of the platform once in the water. Ever so slightly, they inched it closer with four men on the tag lines. It went over without any problems. It did take some time to get the compass right as the current and the boat made it a bit difficult. A couple of surface floats were laid out and the first site was done. Next was a spider which was easily moved into position by five men. We had to rig up two shackles to the side of the A-frame to get a line around the spider to lower it into the water easily, this was done pretty easily with two people on the spider to stabilize it. The first one went in without a problem, we adjusted its direction and it went in without a problem. Lunch time was shortly after then the last two. Another core sample was taken and another platform was released into the water. Again pretty quick and easy. The last spider was set in as well a little while later without an issue and we were done with everything on deck. The final task was the multibeam.

              They had one of their personnel working on the multibeam, but she hadn’t used it in some time and our crew was not fully familiar with the system.  I spent much time watching her figure out how to set up the system, get a base map, plot points, and figure out what was needed for the calibration test. Roll, pitch and yaw we needed to be calibrated using flat points in the water with two lines going in opposite directions for each variable. Once she figured out good points, we get the boat driver geared up to follow transect lines and we off. It took a good three hours before getting to this point, but only one and half hours was needed to actually perform the passes. Once we made multiple passes across the transect line for the bottom mount sites and calibration, we set for Lewes. By 2000, all was said and done back at the dock and ready for bed.

              For Thursday, the demobilization was a quick one today, with mostly just the bins and corer needing to be removed from the deck. This took maybe two hours and our day was over. All the science team were quick to leave by 0900 and my time aboard the Hugh R. Sharp was basically over. No more work was going to be getting done as the crew was taking a short vacation after being out at sea for so long.

              I spend the last few days in Delaware going around with Christian to show me the sights. I saw downtown Lewes with a few restaurants, but mostly I hung out with the graduate students for the University of Delaware. I talked with them about their projects and the type of work they were doing. By Monday morning, I was back in Florida and ready to take on the next part of my life. The last few days were quick, but unfortunately not much occurred after all the work was done for. I had to prep for a cruise with the Ocean Circulation Lab at the USF College of Marine Science so much time was spent getting all my needed paperwork for that.

              This had been an amazing experience, with lost of meeting of people and learning much about being a marine technician. I think I want to pursue a master’s degree after being a part of all this from talking with the different scientist involved. Here comes my next phase!

              A bittersweet time to leave. I had too much fun and worked extremely hard to learn what it takes to be a marine technician. I found my enjoyment of all the tasks at hand, but I feel a strong pull in specializing with a master’s degree. I definitely loved doing the work, but I’m feeling very motivated from all these experiences to keep it going and get a higher education degree in oceanography. I want to be out at sea and collecting data for my own research projects. I am definitely more affective when being on deck and collecting data, so I should use this experience to continue that for whatever I get into with it. I’m super appreciate for every opportunity I got in this; I really felt like part of the crew when I was here. Time to get myself in gear and get to grad school! Thanks for everything Christian, Huxley, Tim D., Tim N, Andy, Chuck, Hunter, Pam, Chris, Casey, Jimmy, Joe, and all the science team. I will never forget this and will continue to strive for greatness.

Best,

-Sebastian D.

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Getting Ready for my Internship on R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 05/10/2017
First Month Down - 05/08/2017
Mexico, Storms and Drones - 05/01/2017

April 2017

Week Two: The Sound of Pelicans and the Smell of New Orleans! - 04/22/2017
Week 1: The Gulf of Mexico and Dolphins! - 04/13/2017
Almost on my Way! - 04/01/2017

October 2016

Conclusions on the R/V Sikuliaq - 10/12/2016

September 2016

Sheets and Ice Sheets: Taking the Plunge - 09/16/2016
Blog 6: Day 28 - The End in Sight - 09/11/2016
WEEK 9- Breakdown, Bottles and Bees - 09/10/2016
Blog 5: Day 26 - Pictures! - 09/09/2016
CTDs, Sea Ice and Polar Bears - 09/08/2016
Blog 4: Day 22 - White September - 09/05/2016
WEEK 8- Cable Termination, Nearing the End - 09/03/2016

August 2016

Transiting on the R/V Sikuliaq! - 08/30/2016
Blog 3: Day 14 - Waiting out the ice - 08/28/2016
WEEK 7- An Unexpected Visit Home - 08/27/2016
Blog 2: Day 7 - I think I see Russia - 08/21/2016
WEEK 6- Alongside - 08/20/2016
Blog 1: Day 0 - Pre-internship post - 08/14/2016
Better late than never - 08/14/2016
WEEK 5- Canceled Cruises, Funeral For Our Fallen Brother - 08/13/2016
Return and Reflect - 08/10/2016
Week 4- Downtime and Tragedy - 08/08/2016
Week 3- South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Cruise - 08/03/2016
Moorings and Transit - 08/03/2016

July 2016

Creatures of the Pockmarks - 07/26/2016
Pre-Internship on the R/V Sikuliaq! - 07/25/2016
Week 2-Bioluminescent Sea Creatures - 07/24/2016
Station to Station - 07/20/2016
Another successful cruise - 07/17/2016
Week 1 - 07/17/2016
Backing and Ramming - 07/11/2016
R/V Sikuliaq Cruise Report - 07/07/2016
Pre-Internship Blog - 07/07/2016
Holiday at Sea- Week 1 - 07/04/2016
Quiet times - 07/02/2016
Blog 3, Final - 07/01/2016

June 2016

Introduction and Anticipation - 06/27/2016
Pre-Internship Blog Test - 06/26/2016
USCG Healy Internship - Post 2 - 06/24/2016
Week 5 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 06/20/2016
Pre-internship blog - 06/19/2016
BATS Cruise - 06/16/2016
Week 4 Aboard the R/V sharp - 06/14/2016
Back at it - 06/14/2016
Pre-Internship - Post 1 - 06/13/2016
Week 3 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 06/09/2016
The End or the Beginning? - 06/09/2016
Hydrostation Time! - 06/09/2016
A Quick Update - 06/04/2016
Week 2 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 06/02/2016
Week Three - Back at the Dock - 06/02/2016
A Slight Change of Plans - 06/01/2016

May 2016

Week 01 - 05/28/2016
Week Two- Change of Plans - 05/26/2016
Week 1 - 05/22/2016
Pre-Internship - 05/22/2016
Land! - 05/20/2016
Week One in the Bermuda Triangle - 05/19/2016
Moving into sediment - 05/14/2016
Pre-Internship - 05/10/2016
Pre-Intern - 05/10/2016
Mapping Complete - 05/06/2016
Seafloor mapping out in the Pacific - 05/03/2016

April 2016

Transit - 04/17/2016
Back at sea - 04/09/2016
Picture test - 04/09/2016
Stuck - 04/07/2016

March 2016

Busy busy busy - 03/26/2016
Week 1 - 03/13/2016
Pre-internship - 03/02/2016

September 2015

The last few days on R/V Langseth - 09/12/2015
Week One: The Langseth is hard at work - 09/06/2015
Looking for freshwater - 09/06/2015

August 2015

Week 4- The journey back - 08/28/2015
Getting ready for the Langseth! - 08/25/2015
Week 3- Home stretch - 08/21/2015
The End - 08/19/2015
Week 2- Equipment - 08/15/2015
Multibeam/Coring Cruise - 08/13/2015
Week One- Getting acquainted - 08/07/2015

July 2015

Let The Science Begin - 07/31/2015
I didn't blow up the ship! - 07/30/2015
My third and longest trip - 07/27/2015
New England Mud Patch - 07/23/2015
First 12 days on the Point Sur - 07/17/2015
Week 2 - From Port to the Deep Blue - 07/15/2015
Back to Corvallis - 07/14/2015
Searching for Deep Sea Prey - 07/09/2015
RV Langseth: Last blog post - 07/08/2015
Dreams do come true - 07/05/2015
First day aboard the RV Falkor - 07/05/2015
RV Langseth: Wrapping up Coverage - 07/03/2015
First Week at Sea - 07/02/2015

June 2015

End of a Chapter - 06/25/2015
RV Langseth: Fishing gear - 06/24/2015
R/V Pelican- The End - 06/21/2015
After the Healy - 06/20/2015
Days of Dredging - 06/18/2015
RV Langseth: Mowin' the grass - 06/17/2015
R/V Pelican: Waiting on the Weather - 06/13/2015
Dredging, Whales, and the Last Leg - 06/11/2015
RV Langseth: Data Rolling in - 06/10/2015
RV Langseth: First week out at sea - 06/04/2015
R/V Pelican- Almost there! - 06/04/2015
Fun with Dredging - 06/04/2015
Quick update - 06/01/2015

May 2015

Transitions - 05/28/2015
RV Langseth: First few days on the boat - 05/27/2015
Pre-Internship Hello - 05/22/2015
Week #1: Settling In - 05/21/2015
From parts to product - 05/20/2015
RV Langseth: Getting ready to go - 05/19/2015
Adios San Diego, Hola Portland! What we do while in transit … - 05/15/2015
Pre-Internship Excitement - 05/13/2015
Reflections - 05/08/2015
Best laid plans … - 05/01/2015

April 2015

Understanding Wire and Rope (Part 1) - Wire - 04/28/2015
Oregon Coast Marine Life - 04/20/2015
Maintenance, Sampling and Catching (because anyone can fish) - 04/17/2015
Haze Gray (white) and Underway - 04/07/2015
Ocean Observatories Initiative Cruise - 04/03/2015

March 2015

3..2..1..Start - 03/24/2015
La felia padrig (Happy St. Patty's Day) - 03/17/2015

October 2014

The End…for now - 10/13/2014

September 2014

Cape Crusaders - 09/30/2014
Our love/hate relationship with electronics - 09/25/2014
Looking Westward - 09/23/2014
Our favorite patch of ocean - 09/16/2014
Last Day - 09/12/2014
On my own - 09/11/2014
In all her glory - 09/09/2014
Irminger to Iceland - 09/02/2014
Let's do this! - 09/02/2014

August 2014

Apocalypse Now - 08/27/2014
A picture is worth a thousand words - 08/27/2014
The R/V Oceanus marine tech team - 08/26/2014
Week Six- The End - 08/26/2014
Steaming west in the Labrador Sea - 08/25/2014
Hole in the hull - 08/21/2014
Week Five - 08/20/2014
R/V Knorr is in the Labrador Sea - 08/18/2014
Week Four - 08/15/2014
Castles in the sand - 08/15/2014
Last OBS cruise - 08/13/2014
2 down and another to go... - 08/11/2014
Working on the Irminger Sea - 08/10/2014
Reflections after the internship - 08/08/2014
Week Three- Not so many Thunderstorms - 08/06/2014
On the R/V Knorr - 08/05/2014
CTDs - 08/04/2014
Deploying OBSs - 08/03/2014

July 2014

Sea sickness under control - 07/31/2014
Week Two- Good Bye Scallops, Hello Thunderstorms - 07/30/2014
The Final Post - 07/29/2014
Arrived to Dutch Harbor - 07/28/2014
5 days until Iceland - 07/26/2014
Hi Seas Net: a frustrating mystery - 07/26/2014
Observations and Ideas - 07/24/2014
Filtering Phytoplankton! - 07/23/2014
Internship begins - 07/22/2014
Week One-Scalloping - 07/21/2014
Adjusting - 07/18/2014
RVHRS Scallop Survey - Last Leg - 07/17/2014
On to the Healy and a Rescue in the Ice! - 07/15/2014
RVHRS Scallop Survey - Second Leg - 07/14/2014
First week onboard R/V Oceanus - 07/13/2014
Just finished preparing, ready to begin - 07/07/2014
Ready to Go - 07/07/2014
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end - 07/03/2014

June 2014

RVHRS Scallop Survey - First Leg - 06/30/2014
Third week on the Sharp - 06/30/2014
Preparation for the Journey through Ice and Snow - 06/29/2014
IT WORKS!! - 06/27/2014
Second week on the Sharp - 06/16/2014
Preparations - 06/11/2014
Ocean Bottom Electromagnetic Receivers - 06/10/2014
First week aboard Sharp - 06/07/2014
Applying, packing, and travel - 06/06/2014

May 2014

Departing for My Internship! - 05/29/2014
On Board the R/V Oceanus - 05/05/2014

April 2014

Manganese Mania - 04/30/2014
End of my Thompson Hitch - 04/16/2014
No More MoorSPICE - 04/02/2014

March 2014

Solomon Seas with MoorSPICE - 03/19/2014
Transit to New Caledonia - 03/05/2014

February 2014

End of the Wave Chasers Cruise - 02/19/2014
Tow-Yo Troubles on the Thompson - 02/06/2014

January 2014

Gray Skies and Blue Marlin - 01/28/2014
Let the Wave Chasing Commence! - 01/19/2014
Gearing up for 40 days with the WaveChasers - 01/13/2014
Samoa-Bound - 01/01/2014

November 2013

Special Thanks - 11/11/2013
Some Science - 11/04/2013
1PPS and Dry Wells - 11/03/2013

October 2013

E/V Nautilus - 10/31/2013
The Simple Things - 10/24/2013
Pictorial of the most epic rebuild - 10/14/2013
Team CTD - 10/13/2013
Just the Beginning - 10/06/2013
Back in the saddle again - 10/06/2013

September 2013

Time To Find Some Warm Socks - 09/28/2013
It's the Final Countdown! - 09/11/2013
Icelandic Culinary Delights - 09/04/2013
Signing off E/V Nautilus: Michael Smith - 09/02/2013
Fun, Games, & a little bit of Science - 09/01/2013
Possibly more than you wanted to know about what we do - 09/01/2013

August 2013

From the Boston Tea Party to Tacos - 08/27/2013
Getting More Dives Under My Belt - 08/26/2013
The Deep Blue - 08/20/2013
Multi-core-apalooza - 08/19/2013
Settling in New New York - 08/19/2013
My First Week at Sea - 08/16/2013
Signing off from the R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 08/16/2013
First Night Aboard RV Langseth - 08/14/2013
Welcome to Iceland - 08/12/2013
6 Months In - 08/11/2013
Incoming ROV Intern- Michael Smith - 08/08/2013
Checking in from the R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 08/02/2013
From Satellites to C-Nav - 08/01/2013

July 2013

Counting Down the Days - 07/22/2013
R/V H.R. Sharp Fishing for Rocks - 07/17/2013
Trial by fire - 07/14/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Leaving the Boat - 07/10/2013
Watching Bubbles and dodging waves - 07/07/2013
R/V H.R. Sharp Georges Bank - 07/06/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Working in Port - 07/01/2013

June 2013

Hanging out in Davy Jones' livingroom - 06/28/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: BREAKing News - 06/25/2013
R/V H. Sharp: Scallop Photo Shoot and Shucking Party - 06/23/2013
Astoria Oregon... - 06/20/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: A Daily Routine on the Boat - 06/19/2013
R/V BLUE HERON-Duluth Minn./ Lake Superior - 06/17/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Working out the Kinks - 06/13/2013
The Panama Canal and so much more - 06/12/2013
R/V H. SHARP1: From the West to East - 06/10/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Collecting the Data - 06/08/2013
Oh what amazing sights we see - 06/05/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Letting out the Streamers - 06/04/2013

May 2013

Bouncing around THE BAR - 05/31/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: An Explanation of How Stuff Works - 05/31/2013
Staring into the Depths - 05/29/2013
Hard Days of Work - 05/27/2013
Leaving Town with Lasers - 05/24/2013
Tyler Poppenwimer: R/V Marcus G. Langseth - 05/23/2013
Whirlwind of Travel - 05/23/2013
Ship and Shop Maintenance - 05/17/2013
Wires, wires everywhere! - 05/14/2013
R/V Barnes Day trips and More - 05/10/2013
New Langseth Adventures! - 05/09/2013
The Sounds of Silence - 05/05/2013
The Journey Continues - 05/01/2013
In port - 05/01/2013

April 2013

Internal Waves and Whales - 04/24/2013
Langseth Part II: The Mid-Atlantic - 04/21/2013
Northwest Bound - 04/17/2013
Exciting news from the Langseth! - 04/15/2013
Things never go as planned - 04/10/2013
R/V Marcus Langseth: The 2013 MATE Adventures - 04/05/2013

March 2013

Unexpected knowledge comes in handy - 03/25/2013
Don't bight off more than you can chew. - 03/24/2013

July 2012

R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Leaving the Boat - 07/06/2012


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