Black Sea 2007, Day 4
Today we continue running cables. We ran all of our cables to the specific locations and then started running cables for the cameras. We have cameras that cover the safety aspect of the operations and the fun cameras.
We have a winch and wire camera that give the pilots a visual of how the wire is paying out and in from the winch (and making sure the wire doesn’t overlap and cause crimps in the wire) and how the wire is entering the water, to make sure it doesn’t come too close to the stern of the ship. It seems in the past, there have been ships that the wire was rubbing up against the stern, and after reeling in 3000 meters of cable (9,000 feet) it started to cut through the ship. Ouch!
Then there’s our “Spy” camera, which allows the pilots to just have a view of what’s going on on deck. If they’re doing a safety check with high power, they want to make sure the deck is clear, before they flip the big switch. There’s a robotic camera on the fantail, which allows Dr. Ballard to move it around and show the viewers at home what’s going on at sea. There’s SUPPOSED to be a robotic camera inside the control van, but when we opened it up, it was broken. That sucks!
Oh, well. By the way, we’ve left the dock, and we’re OFF!
posted by DaveandBrian @ 3:56 AM
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