Dave and Brian's Excellent Adventures

Black Sea 2007, Day 20

This is Webb Pinner. He’s our resident IT and computer guru.

While we’re on station, we work during our scheduled watches. If there’s still work to be done, we take care of it in between our watches. When we’re in transit, there are no watches and there’s no set schedule. This means people tend to work as long as they can, until they drop.

The best part of transit, is this time gives some time for relaxation later in the day. People tend to unwind; watch movies, play video games (Halo RULES!), and just hang out. This is where the strong friendships are created, and the best part of being at sea. I think it can be a harder day at work, but the end of the day makes it all worth while.

This transit takes us North of the Bosphorus, off the coast of Turkey. The plan is to unload the broken motor for the bow-thruster, unload the science party that’s done, and bring more scientists on-board. The hope is if we unload the motor in the morning, we might have it fixed by the afternoon.

posted by DaveandBrian @ 3:02 AM