Our Spring 2010 installation & maintenance cruise has commenced! For this cruise, we're sailing aboard the CCGS John P. Tully, May 8-25 2010. (Cruise info, video & links.)

On the first day of the cruise, both the CCGS Tully and ROPOS underwent operations tests in Saanich Inlet, then we sailed to the VENUS Straight of Georgia site to help diagnose a power problem with the VENUS Delta Dynamics Laboratory. Along the way, NEPTUNE Canada technicians fine-tuned instrument riggings as we traveled the scenic waters of the Salish Sea.

Late in the evening, we set course for ODP 889, – an 18-hr transit to the western side of Vancouver Island. There we need to replace the ODP 889 instrument platform, deploy an accessory platform for the ODP 889 seismometer, recover the Seafloor Compliance Apparatus and deploy a multibeam sonar at Bullseye Vent.

Welcome Aboard
CCGS Tully crew attach 'lemon' floats to the ROPOS umbilical in the Straight of Georgia, 8 May 2010.	Lovely sunset on the Salish Sea.	ROPOS Launch And Recovery System (LARS) affixed to the CCGS Tully, 8 May 2010.	CSSG Tully aft deck, fully loaded and ready to sail, 8 May 2010.
Sailing through Active Pass, 8 May 2010.	ROPOS crew member Ian Murdoch works on LARS, the ROPOS crane.	NEPTUNE Canada contractor Jason Williams prepares rigging for the ODP 889 platform.