This months adventure...begins Tuesday

[shresearchdude]

the days are just getting meshed together, by friday @ 11am I'll be back at the dock
Offshore of Maine still, catches include:
Pink shrimp(not quite eating sized)
a halibut or two each haul- biggest 15 lbs
witch flounder
american plaice
lumpfish
goosefish
acadian redfish
atlantic herring
blueback herring
silver hake
red hake
snow crab! not "dangerous catch" sized
and a few others...

[shresearchdude]

Hi all,
Due to some mechanical issues that need to get worked on at the pier we are headed back early and slowly. Apparently? out of the 4 engines we have been running on 3 and now the 3rd has issues.
I will likely download pics on Saturday sometime and may start a whole new thread.
Hey moderators where do you want the pics?

[shresearchdude]

http://www.omao.noaa.gov/publications/bigelow_final.pdf

[Bates]

Looked at the ship specs and only see one prop, are they running all for engines to one shaft?

[51oldtown]

Nice reports sandy hook research guy....was hoping you would catch some Halibut...score!

[shresearchdude]

I'll check on the "one shaft" question. I haven't been below yet, but was thinking about wandering down there with the engineer/gearhead that I've made friends with.

[Kup]

Machinery Plant Integrated Diesel Electric, 24-Pulse DC SCR Drive System
Two 1,150kW(1,542 hp) Propulsion Motors on a Common Shaft
One 720 kW (966 hp) AC Induction Azimuthing Bow Thruster
Two 1,360 kW Diesel Generators
Two 910 kW Diesel Generators
One 4.3 m (14.1 ft) Diameter Fixed Pitch Propeller