The PUB light's ON! :D

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Chip, I think that cat was posing for that picture. He knew it was going in the Pub.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Ok, you guys got past hump day, think the rest of the week will be better? Since Lefty is off doing whatever a Lefty does I guess I will just grab me a beer and one of these pickled eggs. Maybe some of these pickled pigs feet. I wonder if one o them cougars caught Chris.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

The pork chops Lefty made were "just right" Bobby.

[Mrleft8]

The chops are good..... So's the chicken...... And the mussels.....

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

[seanz]

How much chicken is in the chicken mole?

[ChrisBen]

I wonder if one o them cougars caught Chris.

Evenin all. Nah, no cougars here. Been tryin to finish termite boat, got about 3 hrs left, got back to the boat today and Mgr. says "Hey Chris, we got you scheduled to haul out tomorrow, hurricane comin. Ins. regulations, no boats in water".

[Mrleft8]

How much chicken is in the chicken mole?

Yeah..... OK..... You got me...... It's mostly squirrel....... But it's still really good!!!!

[seanz]

Waste not, want not.


Don't work to hard ChrisBen.

I think Kevin found us a new Pub house band.

[seanz]

Going to miss these blokes though..........

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Evenin all. Nah, no cougars here. Been tryin to finish termite boat, got about 3 hrs left, got back to the boat today and Mgr. says "Hey Chris, we got you scheduled to haul out tomorrow, hurricane comin. Ins. regulations, no boats in water".

I been watching that weather and wondering about what you was gonna do.

[ChrisBen]

I been watching that weather and wondering about what you was gonna do.

Well, I ain't doin diddly squat. It hits or it doesn't.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Well, I ain't doin diddly squat. It hits or it doesn't.

Well I thought ya was supposed ta do lots of drinkin in that kinda weather. ain't that when everybody parties???

[Paul Pless]

Well, I ain't doin diddly squat. It hits or it doesn't.

May I suggest that you at least stock up on beer.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Sides all that, I bet that boat is kinda hard to git in and out of when it is outa the water.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

May I suggest that you at least stock up on beer.

I can see Paul is a surviver.

[Chip-skiff]

Sides all that, I bet that boat is kinda hard to git in and out of when it is outa the water.

Sounds like you should buy an extension ladder and charge it to the boss-man.

Welcome back from OK City Bobster. Hope the head transplant went okay.

[ChrisBen]

Sounds like you should buy an extension ladder and charge it to the boss-man.

Welcome back from OK City Bobster. Hope the head transplant went okay.

Bossman went and bought a brand spankin new 14' stepladder at the bigbox before we got hauled last time. $300 bucks. I been beatin off the ladder thieves ever since. Most stressful part o the job. Wake up in the mornin an scan the yard ta see who has my ladder now.

[Chip-skiff]

Bossman went and bought a brand spankin new 14' stepladder at the bigbox before we got hauled last time. $300 bucks. I been beatin off the ladder thieves ever since. Most stressful part o the job. Wake up in the mornin an scan the yard ta see who has my ladder now.

Could you haul it up at night and put it across the rear deck or something?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Sounds like you should buy an extension ladder and charge it to the boss-man.

Welcome back from OK City Bobster. Hope the head transplant went okay.

Hey Chip, Not a complete transplant, just a frontal somethin or other.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I was thinkin maybe a little electric hooked to it.

[ChrisBen]

Could you haul it up at night and put it across the rear deck or something?

Well, yeah i could do that. I could also drag it through the main saloon straight down to the galley and then back to the aft stateroom and maybe even be able to get into bed at night. Everyone knows it's my ladder but I still gotta watch.

[Hwyl]

You need a bike lock, but you knew that.

The weather in Maine is superb right now.

I see there is Isaac and tropical depression 10 to keep an eye on, I hope they don't decide to tango

[ChrisBen]

You need a bike lock, but you knew that.

The weather in Maine is superb right now.

I see there is Isaac and tropical depression 10 to keep an eye on, I hope they don't decide to tango

We shall see.

[Chip-skiff]

Anyhow, here are some pics of the river session. The kayak guy wrote a proposal and got the cash to buy a new kayak. He got the one we used last year for a case of beer, but it had leaks, etc. The thingie on the stern is an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and GPS receiver (which measures current speed and direction, and depth) on the mount I built.



The 'yak cost about $1200. The mount, $225. The electronics, about $35,000. Looks like I'm in the wrong business, eh?

Last year I tried to do cross-sections (tracks straight across) on the cat, and couldn't. So I added a second trolling motor and this year was able to hold against the current, which is a lot faster than it looks. The chief science geek added a bunch of new gear at the last minute. Here he is, staring at his laptop.



All told, we had two laptops, three of those yellow GPS data loggers, and four new water quality sensors sticking down through the floor.

The black thing on the tee at left is a spectraradiometer (measures the color and intensity of light). The fore-optic (not attached) fits on the tip of the rear spar.



The round thingie, center, is a calibration disc that can be operated from the boat underway. The flat, white, square thing is a shade used for calibration, that rotates over the fore-optic. Yet another GPS receiver mounts on the short mast above the spar. Steampunk engineering, for sure.

On the yellow mast is an echo-sounder (depth) with a GPS receiver that logs position on top. The aluminum extension, bottom right, mounts a tiny video camera to photograph the riverbed. The boatman (me) has to get this conglomeration down the river without hitting anything or flipping, which would be very expensive indeed.

We also hauled the "crane" which positions the spectral fore-optic under the surface, looking up at the sky.



Between the rigging and shuttling, and actual data collection, we put in 12 hrs. per day on the average. A couple weeks of which gives these two guys enough data to crunch for the winter. Since I hate writing computer code, I'm just the boatbuilder and rigger and fabricator and boatman.

It's not quite an adventure, but it's usually nice. But last week the air was so smoky from fires in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, that we could barely see the Tetons.



This was the clearest day we had. The highlights were seeing a black bear and two cubs drinking from the river and pausing on the slope to look us over. Also a young osprey trying to catch a kingfisher.

We've got another session on the confluence of the Blue and Colorado Rivers in September. I'd like to run Gore Canyon, pretty stiff paddling, but won't have the right boat. Just a boring old science guy.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

So, will any of that stuff catch a fish? What do you do with all the info you collect?

[Chip-skiff]

So, will any of that stuff catch a fish? What do you do with all the info you collect?

No time to fish.

The overall aim is to collect groundlevel measurements that can be correlated with air photos and satellite images. If the depth and flow rate can be linked to light spectra, reflectance, etc., then rivers can be accurately monitored and inshore nautical charts can be updated quickly from satellite images, rather than doing soundings every twenty years and publishing charts that are out-of-date by the time the ink hits the paper.

The head geek will write papers so he can get a job at a better school than UW. The kayak guy (Ph.D student) will get his name on the head geek's papers and get a job somewhere or other. I'll stay here and row boats for the next bunch of imported science geeks, if I can still get around by then.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Sounds like you got the best part of the job. Pretty neat stuff really.

[skipper68]

I'm back, and the Tequila pipeline is overflowing! HELPPP!!!

[Mrleft8]

Hey Chip, Not a complete transplant, just a frontal somethin or other.

Did you just say "Lob a bottle in front of me"?

[skipper68]

LOL!!!

[Mrleft8]

Yeah.... I got that a lot a year or so ago Skippy... But then I said..... JUST KIDDING!

[skipper68]

Don't ask..Wheres BOT? Hmmmm..........pipeline me thinks..

[Mrleft8]

So... I walked face first into a giant spider web this evening while out patrolling for flying squirrels..... EEEEEAAAAAAHHHHGGGGHHHH!!!!!! Now I feel like I have spiders all up and down my back, and up behind my ears, and creeping through my hair......

[Mrleft8]

Pipe line.....

[seanz]

You have giant spiders, and you're worried about squirrels?

[Mrleft8]

Carter says: "Good night Everyone!!!!! (Get yer butt off the damn computer, and turn out the damn light, willya!!!)"....
So I guess that means..... NYTOL!

[Mrleft8]

The webs are giant..... The spiders are pretty big too, but nothing like a Black and brown spotted fishing spider......
Great..... Now I'm gonna have spider dreams...... (Nightmares...)

[seanz]

Night Carter, he'll just be a few more minutes. Right?

[skipper68]

Check your ears-or Carter-I read they LIKE ear wax...>ShuddeUHHJJJ

[skipper68]

pipeline makes me not care about caps or the h instead of j. bad road..

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

Coffee pot is set up Bobby.
Yawn*
I'm going to bed.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Thanks Kevin, Man that was easy. Now thats good coffee.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I guess you guys are gonna sleep all day.

[Hwyl]

Coffee Kevin style and reheated, it does not get better than that.

Trying to persuade M girl to go to Monhegan today or tomorrow.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Morning Gareth, how are you today?

[Paul Pless]

Trying to persuade M girl to go to Monhegan today or tomorrow.

The casino? dear god why???

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

I guess you guys are gonna sleep all day.

I never sleep for long, part of my insomnia I guess.
So.....I guess we live another day eh Bobby?

[Hwyl]

The casino? dear god why???

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