Heads up for tomorrow — we're moving the first cast forward to 06:30 so we can clear the shelf edge before the swell builds. Deck crew, that means gear check tonight, not at dawn.
Rowan, can you confirm the winch brake was serviced after Leg 6?
Serviced and load-tested on the 9th. Log entry WNC-0447. Brake pads have maybe 200 hours left — I'd order spares at the next port call.
Overnight cast processed. Thermocline is sitting shallower than the model predicted — about 38m instead of 55m.
That's a real signal, not sensor drift — I re-ran the calibration against the bottle samples and it holds. Dropping the corrected profile here.
aster_leg7_ctd_14B-03_corrected.csv1.4 MB · 2,806 rows · uploaded 08:05Good catch. I'll flag it in the bridge log so the next watch doesn't re-run the same cast. Anyone object to shifting station 15 six miles north to chase the front?
No objection from me — six miles north is fine. Let's log it as station 15-N so the archive doesn't get confused later.
CTD is back on the wire at 400 m and descending. Deck, keep the aft rail clear.
Aft rail is clear. I've got the second rosette staged and bottles pre-labelled through 15-N.