Old method for deploying the GLOS buoy

  • A boat with a buoy lying on it, on a trailer in a parking lot

    1/15

    The first few times we deployed the buoy, we launched it from the deck of a boat. We did this in Spring 2011 and Spring 2012.

    Download Image
  • A person hands an anchor on a chain from the back of a pickup truck across to someone standing in the bow of a boat on a trailer. A third person adjusts a boom arm on the boat deck.

    2/15

    Loading the anchor and chain from the truck to the boat deck.

    Download Image
  • A person in a cold water safety suit sitting at the helm of a boat, while another person stands outside on the other side of the cabin

    3/15

    Captain Lee Harper in helped us launch the buoy using his boat

    Download Image
  • Two people work to neatly lay out a chain in the bow of a landing craft boat with the bow door down

    4/15

    Mark Clapsadl works to lay out the anchor chain neatly for deployment, also called flaking the chain.

    Download Image
  • A buoy lays on the deck of a boat. A cable goes from a handle to a small crane. A person stands by the side near the controls of the crane.

    5/15

    We used a crane on the boat to lift the buoy over the side and into the water.

    Download Image
  • People working on the deck of a boat. There is a buoy next to the side of the boat attached to a crane that is being lowered into the water.

    6/15

    We used a crane on the boat to lift the buoy over the side and into the water.

    Download Image
  • A picture looking through water to the mooring system on the underside of a buoy. The top of the buoy is reflected on the surface of the water.

    7/15

    Clear water. You can see the bottom of the buoy and the instrument cables, as well as a reflection of the buoy mast with weather instruments.

    Download Image
  • Two people in cold water safety suits sit on the edge of a boat in front of a buoy in the water.

    8/15

    Kit Hastings and Mark Clapsadl after deploying the buoy.

    Download Image
  • A science buoy with weather instruments on a tall mast floating on calm water. There is little deliniation between the clear sky and the calm water.

    9/15

    Deployed buoy. This particular buoy was retired and replaced in 2021.

    Download Image
  • A buoy lies on the deck of a boat with two people working nearby

    10/15

    In Fall 2011, we used the same boat to retrieve the buoy. We lifted it back onto the boat using a crane, then used a winch to pull in the anchor line and chain.

    Download Image
  • A person uses pliers to unhook two pieces of rope on the deck of a boat. A buoy is lying on the deck nearby.

    11/15

    Securing the anchor line and chain on the boat. We unhooked various parts of the anchor line so they could be bundled separately.

    Download Image
  • A buoy with biofouling with brown algae lies on the deck of a boat.

    12/15

    Biofouling on the buoy.

    Download Image
  • A person standing on the deck of a boat gives a thumbs up, standing next to a buoy lying on the deck.

    13/15

    Buoy retrieved!

    Download Image
  • A person works on a buoy with weather instruments on a mast sitting on a boat trailer in a parking lot

    14/15

    We had to take the buoy out after deployment in Spring 2012, and the second time we deployed it, we modified a trailer so we could launch the buoy like a boat.

    Download Image
  • A buoy with a mast with weather instruments rocks in the water on a partly cloudy day with small waves

    15/15

    Buoy rocking with the waves. It's better to work with the buoy on calm days when the buoy isn't moving around so much.

    Download Image