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Long-Term Ocean Climate Observations (LOCO) – D301/302
Cruise Diary – 6th April 2006	Taking a current meter from the mooring wire
Thursday - The sea state was slightly better than yesterday so that the work could continue. The launching of XBT's, CTD stations to determine vertical profiles of all kind of parameters  and the recovery of one mooring formed the scientific work today. The recovery of moorings remains spectacular, especially here with the rough weather conditions. During mooring recovery the border between the afterdeck and the ocean behind the ship is completely open.
Thus, with such a moving vessel, the area at the seaward end of the afterdeck is very dangerous. Nobody, apart from 2 seaman that wear specific jackets with life slings coupled to the ship, are allowed to be there, despite most of the work has to be done in this dangerous area. There, the instruments have to be taken off the mooring line. This is shown on one of the pictures. Others show the grabbling of the top of the mooring that drifts on the surface and a happy Graham with a current meter that has just been taken of the mooring line.
Grabbling the top of a drifting mooring	Graham with a current meter