August 04th, 2010

Near-real time oceanographic observations at the OOCS station again available!

Trawling the buoy	Disscussing the operation on board	CTD attached to the inductive mooring line
Team member enjoing work on board	Team member commanding the vessel	Deployed again!

As we expected, within a few days after deploying the mooring line, the CEAB's oceanographic buoy returns to place to fulfil its basic functions: to measure and transmit in near-real time the sea conditions at the Blanes Canyon head!

The operation was carried out yesterday (August 03th, 2010) on board the CEAB's vessel "Dolores". The buoy was trawled from the Blanes harbor to the mooring location for nearly two hours. Once in place, the marker buoy of the mooring line was replaced by the oceanographic buoy.

The team in charge of the operation was composed by Ferran, Laura, Didac, Elias, Eduardo, Ramón, Sebastián and Nixon. Antonio's thoughts were with us too.

The weather and sea conditions were on our side. We want to thank to Olympo's gods that made those conditions real for us.

Now the buoy goes on its own. It will has to face natural hazards which risk levels are indicated in the following list:

- Antropogenic

- Weather and sea conditions

- Structure strengthness (the buoy structure is experimental)

- Logistics for maintenance (availability of vessel, skipper, staff, money, etc.)

As Harry Potter used to sing to himself: "Happy birthday to me", we wish to sing to ourselves "long life and success to buoy-born observations and all the best to all of us involved in the project".

Cheers!