Ticket #10 (task)

• Define requirements for ship capability
• Determine ship availability
• Schedule ship (forms, port-of-call, dates)

We need about an 80 foot vessel with A-frame or J-frame capable of handling buoy size and weight (13 feet tall non-instrumented, 15+ feet tall instrumented, 6.5 fee diameter, 2200 lbs) and anchor weight (~2800-3000 lbs) plus 30m 3/4" chain and cable.

Harvey made contact with several different ships that could help.

• R/V Savannah (SKIO) $10K+ per day (too expensive and very busy)
• R/V Dan Moore (Cape Fear Community College) $9K+ per day (too expensive)
• Some vessels in Virginia (Udel, Chesapeake Bay buoy tender)
• New NOAA SRVx (Monitor National Marine Sanctuary support vessel)

The NOAA SRVx vessel and crew are available and capable to handle our deployment requirements. First available time is Aug 18-22. Our alternate deployment window will be early October.

Here are some other characteristics and links:

BUILDER:.......................Guardian Marine; Edmonds, Wash.
DESIGN:........................Fiberglass sandwich core construction
LENGTH:........................85 feet
BEAM:..........................23 feet
RANGE:.........................1,700 nautical miles
SPEED:.........................35 knots
HORSEPOWER:....................Two 2,735-horsepower MTU World
PROPULSION: ...................2 MTU 12V 4000 series
ACCOMMODATIONS:................3 crew; 4 crew for 24-hour operation
A-FRAME:.......................4000 lb limit 

Here is a link to pictures of the NOAA SRVx

• http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sbnms/media/slideshow/flash_slideshow.html

Contact Info for NOAA SRVx has been through

David W. Alberg
Sanctuary Superintendent
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: (757) 591-7326 Mobile: (757) 869-4291 Fax: (757) 591-7353
www.monitor.noaa.gov