Matthew's Journal

As I mentioned previously, the Ron Brown conducted a sea trial the Saturday before departure to test the ship's equipment in order to make sure everything was in ready-to-sail condition. As we were leaving the Cooper River on the north side of Charleston… more »

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 abou… more »

Good morning everyone. I writing this from on board the Ronald Brown while I'm strapping down computers in my work area in preparation for today's sea trial. The agenda for today is fairly simple and the boat is fairly quiet since all of the science crew… more »