David, James, Mudassir and Marvin attended the ONR-sponsored Ocean Acoustics Bootcamp held at Stony Brook’s Southampton Marine Sciences Research Center. The workshop was taught by Grant Deane (SIO), Andy Singer (SBU), Joe Warren (SBU) and John Buck. The students worked with about 15 other grad students learning to calibrate transducers, design ocean acoustics experiments, and carry out a one day cruise
Perfect weather for another turnaround mooring cruise. Captains Jason and Jarrett Drake brought us to our mooring on the Voyager. This also gave new interns Piper Dienst and Nathan Winchell a chance to test their new “light bulb” crushers to create underwater impulse responses at three ranges as we approached the mooring. We then brought the mooring safely aboard, and switched out the SD card and batteries for another deployment.
Piper and Nathan generating underwater impulses with lightbulbs
Relaxing on the deck during the ride back home
All of the crew back home again, with Capt Jason visible behind us on the boat.
We had another day cruise out to visit our mooring on the Encourager with Captain Jarrett Drake. This time we did a quick turn-around: replacing the batteries and SD card with the acoustic data, then replacing the mooring to collect another 6 weeks or so of data. Perfect weather and calm seas made for an easy cruise. 
We had a half-day cruise on the F/V Encourager to recover our acoustic recording mooring deployed 6 weeks earlier in Buzzards Bay. The mooring recorded underwater acoustic data for our acoustic rainfall estimation project. MNE MS student Patrick Pasteris rode along to test his Aurelia vertical profiler. All photos by J. Buck unless otherwise indicated.
Capt. Jarrett Drake of the F/V Encourager on the bridge as we approach the bridge
Leaving New Bedford
Making way to the mooring
Always a relief to find the mooring where you left it [Credit: P. Pasteris]
Capt. Drake, Prof Buck and CJ Berg recovering the LS2 recorder [Credit: P. Pasteris]
Prof Buck and CJ Berg removing the LS2 recorder from the mooring line [Credit: P. Pasteris]
Prof. Buck, Capt. Drake, Patrick Pasteris and CJ Berg after the cruise. [Note for future cruises: Do not let the old professor take the team selfie.]
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