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The first few times we deployed the buoy, we launched it from a boat.
2/15
Loading the anchor and chain
3/15
Captain Lee Harper
4/15
Mark Clapsadl works to lay out the anchor chain
5/15
We used a crane on the boat to lift the buoy over the side and into the water.
6/15
Lifting the buoy
7/15
Clear water. You can see the bottom of the buoy and the instrument cables.
8/15
Kit Hastings and Mark Clapsadl after depolying the buoy
9/15
Deployed buoy
10/15
The first few years, 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.
11/15
Securing the anchor line and chain on the boat.
12/15
Biological fouling on the buoy
13/15
buoy retrieved!
14/15
Later, we modified a trailer so we could launch the buoy like a boat.
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.
