The plan for today is for scientists and divers to continue survey work. There’s just the small matter of not having a working RIB available to go ashore.
The weather is fine so there’s an opportunity for lots of people take to climb to the top of the mast. I may do this another day but today I concentrate on photographing the climbers.
Meanwhile members of the professional crew get to work on the RIB: they drain the fuel tank, inspect the spark plugs, and clean the fuel filters, then take it out on the water for a test run.
Lunch is just being served when we hear the results from the test run: great for the first minute, and then the electrics went.
People spend the early afternoon in the mess. The scientists are writing up observations, the sea cadets are brushing up on nautical knowledge. Meanwhile the hardy professional crew are out in the rain, working on the RIB. Anousch the second mate tells me this level problems is not normal.
