Matthew's Journal

Well, it's Saturday morning and we're going to try this sea trial thing again. We were supposed to leave the harbor for testing, but while turning the ship yesterday afternoon to load some equipment from University of Miami, the crew noted something about the steering of the ship that they didn't like. Thus, the sea trial was pushed back to this morning and we're getting ready to pull away from the pier.

Despite boarding the boat at 6:30am, good things awaited me when I came on board. Namely that the radar ran overnight without any difficulties and it was still running strong this morning. I have some computer scripts that are supposed to help aid and automate the data processing workflow that I use to archive and quality check the radar data and they all work perfectly. So for today, everything is working as it should and I'll get to see if the radar stays working while the boat is moving.

Sunrise from the deck of the Ronald H. Brown overlooking the pier and the harbor.