Today was pretty good on the weather front, the group we had were confident and experienced and were pretty fun!! We pushed way out today to get some deep readings for the group..... had to let a few cargo ships past as we approached the shipping lane...... and we had our sights on seeing some Orcas (killer whales).................... but again, zero on the sharkometer and any other kind of marine creature!!! We had a few scavenging seabirds but that was it!!
Take a look at me on the binocs..... yeah baby!
Fising was the thing of the day and Claire (our resident physics person) caught some makerel........... I was on mega watch and you can see me in fuill satem with the binocs.......... its pretty great being at sea when it is virtually flat calm.............
The group had trouble getting the vertical haul net into the sea for a surface trawl so we used whats called 'bongo nets'. they lay side by side and colect phyto (plant) and zoo (animal) plankton due to different mesh sizes (the science bit) .............. man they were like soup!! Today was great..... we finished the night off with a very fancy meal in Falmouth.... 'le bistro sur la mer' ... were i enjoyed a kilo of the finest mussels!!! Well one must be rewarded for hard work!!
More photos to come folksxx
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