This page last changed on Jan 04, 2017 by jbirch.

(as of April, 2015)

Surface Mooring Cables

35.5m (w/ floats)  (DESTROYED)

  • 35 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/ Bruce (Mar 2013)
  • 32 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/Bruce (Apr 2014).
  • del mar 6 month (summer 2016)

25.5m

25.3m

  • 24 days as Catalina Island replacement (April 2014).  Installed April 8, recovered May 1.

21.5m (BAD)
Now with bad connector... 

  • Catalina Island (April 2014).  Deployed March 18.  Failed after 4 days.  Used for total of 21 days.  Leakage into bottom bell, which corroded power pin.  'Popped' when we opened it.  Photos in the attachments of this page.
  • late-2014; was this EM cable repaired?

15.6m

  • 35 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/Mack (Mar 2013)
  • 41 days MB ECOHAB w/Mack (Sep 2013)
  • 32 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/Mack (Apr 2014)
  • Moran deployment (Sept/Oct 2016)

15.2m (BAD; bad BSR?)

  • 41 day MB ECOHAB w/Bruce (Sep 2013) 

Drifter Cables

28.5m (bare)

22.0m (w/ floats; pins #2 and #5 bad)

8.0m (w/ floats) 

All cables have lengths etched into the upper cone (the one that attaches to the buoy).

Usage stats will be added as we use them.

Shockle Usages (started keeping track in 2014)

shockle and line lengths


All shockles modified Dec 2015 to be like 001 (stretchier cords)

ESP-001 (modified with 'stretchier' cord)

  • 44 days during Catalina (April 2014) deployment
  • Moran MB deployment (Sep/Oct 2014)
  • ECOHAB?
  • Del Mar (start May 17, 2016)

ESP-002

  • Moran (sep/oct 2016)

ESP-003

ESP-004

ESP-005

Anchor lines


11m

  • 32 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/Mack (Apr 2014) 
  • 41 days MB ECOHAB w/Mack (Sep 2013)
  • 35 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/Mack (Mar 2013)

21m

  • 35 days S. Cal ECOHAB (Mar 2013)

23.4m

  • 32 days S. Cal ECOHAB w/Bruce (Apr 2014). 

45m

  • 41 days MB ECOHAB  (Sep 2013)

57M

  • 2014 Moran deployment in MB
  • moran (sep/oct 2016)

159m

  • 44 days during Catalina (April 2014) deployment




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