The buoy had a metal frame made from angle iron that was used to stand the buoy upright while it was on land. This frame was missing upon recovery and it is guessed that as this frame fell through the water column it damaged the instruments and possibly caused the abrasion at the point where the line parted. All equipment functioned properly and all samples were collected. Departed Kahe 1435 hrs. Completed all scheduled operations through s2c7.
Skies are mostly cloudy.
Since we combined the HPLC cast with second WOCE deep cast we departed Sta. The trap array was spotted in the very early morning and we stood-off until R. Barnes took the bridge shortly before 0400 hrs. We arrived Snug Harbor 1400 hrs. and conducted a partial off loading. Skies were mostly cloudy. We arrive at the mooring site shortly before 0500 and began triangulation operations.