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  Schedule Information  
Ship: Neil Armstrong Schedule Status: Final Schedule ID: 13727
Schedule Year: 2018 Schedule Name: Version 16
Notes: 11/28: Arrives 1 day early for Savidge d/t bad wx (was 11/29)
11/17: Departs 1 day later for Savidge d/t bad wx (was 11/16)
10/27-28: Pioneer Pit stop to pick up critical spare parts for science mission
10/24: Vessel returned from 1st Pioneer leg 1 day later d/t wx
10/19: Deadhead allocation correction from Iceland to WHOI (from Global to Ocean class policy)
10/15: Arrive WHOI 1 day late d/t wx. Removed 1 of the 3 demobe days to compensate for delayed arrival. 1 day added to OOI account on the transit. 1 day added to the overall schedule (248 to 249).
10/2: Armstrong's Pickart cruise returns a day earlier.
9/4: Hodgkiss returns 2 days earlier (day count stays the same)
8/1: Vsl arrives Reykjavik 1 day earlier d/t wx
7/25: Fall Pioneer legs updated
5/15: 1 day late in Reykjavik d/t wx
4/6: Main crane failure, emergency port stop 4/ 6th-8th.
2/12: 1 day shift to the left starting on Spring Pioneer to add 1 day into deadhead transit up to Reykjavik/ Removed 1 day from the 4 day demobe at WHOI after the deadhead transit from Reykjavik (scheduling oversight).
Remove March WHOI Inst Days place holder.
Changed 57 days alongside to "Laydays" not "Available"
Add 3 days before PEACH for WHOI Inst Days.
1/6: Non-paid day at sea for maintenance and testing on Jan 24th.
Jan 23rd USCG COI
12/15: MacKinnon (Harper) will use 2 days at WHOI to mobe before transit
11/25: Spring Pioneer in 2 legs
11/22: Shift deadhead from WHOI 1 day to the left...Give Hodgkiss 1 more mobe day & adjust spring OOI into 2 legs (not 3).
11/13: INSURV scheduled for week of 12/17/18
10/4: ONR granted 4 additional days of funding to accommodate Hodgkiss swap
9/15: Shifted everything fm MacKinnon 2 days to the right to give the ship 5 days prep at WHOI
9/7: Thanksgiving 2018 is Nov. 22nd
8/30: Peters not funded
6/28: Evans & Garwakawicz "W"
6/27: Martens & Duda "W"
6/16: Send not funded
6/13: Mak Saito on Atlantic Explorer? (Clio already in Bermuda)
6/13: Lyle changed his STR to a 1 month later start date (Endeavor or AE?)
6/13: Bucklin "W"
D'Hont, Miksis-Olds & Toole on Endeavor
6/2: Johns & Bower updated STR's
4/3: Toole deferring his spring mission to 2019 (not ready)
3/27: Updated OOI Pioneer & Irminger science days
3/2: Toole may have to go on Atlantic Explorer/ Endeavor. He may delay 1st of 2 voyages TBD.
2/20: Hutchin's OUT (on Atlantis)/ Saito & Hodgekiss IN
2/1: Hutchins in, half of Herbert in (remainder on Endeavor), Savidge out (2 voyages), Miksis out (1 of 2 voyages), D'Hont Out...SAVIDGE #1 back in
  Cruise Information  
Ship Request Information
Operator Cruise ID: AR30-03
Chief Scientist: Alison Macdonald, WHOI
Activity Type: At Sea for Science
Created By: Kerry Strom
Compare Request:
Project Short Title: OOI Irminger Sea
Requested Year: 2018
Requested Ship: Neil Armstrong  
Request Type: Primary  
Created By: Paul Matthias  
Load Non-charge Days: 0
Load Charge Days: 3   Load Date: 6/2/2018
Activity Days: 16 Adjustment Days Start Date: 6/5/2018
Transit Days: 4 0 End Date: 6/24/2018
Unload Charge Days: 2   Unload Date: 6/26/2018
Unload Non-charge Days: 0
Mob Days: 3  
Science Days: 12 Optimum Start Date: 7/15/2018
Transit Estimate: 16 Earliest Start Date: 6/1/2018
Demob Days: 2 Latest Start Date: 8/15/2018
Repeating Cruise: Yes Dates To Avoid: seek lowest sea states and winds, June-Aug are climatologically the best
Number of Repeating Cruises: 7 Repeating Interval: 12 months
Repeating Cruise Comments: annual service required, driven by power systems and by instrument degradation (biofouling and calibration)
Justification/Comments: capable, global class ship needed that can carry 4 moorings and anchors; summer months required to optimize chance of success at mooring deployments and improve safety
PI   Project/Purpose   Agency   Funding Status   Op Days
Weller OOI Project Team, WHOI   OOI Irminger Sea   NSF-OOI/OOI   Funded   21
Amy S. Bower, WHOI   OSNAP-GDWBC Moorings   NSF/OCE/PO   Funded   4
  Start Port: Reykjavik, Iceland
  End Port: Reykjavik, Iceland
Requested Start Port: Woods Hole, MA, USA
Intermediate Port(s): None
Requested End Port: Woods Hole, MA, USA
Port Comments: WHOI is home port to OOI CGSN.
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
0° N / 0° E map
335 map
SA02 map
Ending
0° N / 0° E map
335 map
SA02 map
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Op Area Description: Irminger Sea
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
60° N / 39° W map
220 map
NA01 map
Ending
60° N / 39° W map
220 map
NA01 map
  Show Degrees Minutes    
 
Op Area Description: Irminger Sea
Coastal States Requiring Clearance: Greenland(A)
Foreign Clearance Required: Yes
Greenland
Foreign Clearance Comments: Will need min 4 months lead time for Greenland / Denmark clearance application.
Ancil Facilities:
Instrumentation Requested: Dynamic Positioning
Multibeam
Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl Wire
Instrumentation Comments: trawl wire against need to drag for mooring
Ancil Facilities Requested:
Ancil Facility Comments: Global class, rigged for mooring operations,
Sea Beam desired, 7000 lb crane, dynamic positioning, 10000 lb A-frame,
100,000 deck load, trawl winch with 9000 m 9/16 inch wire, 30 berths, 30 day
endurance, experience with mooring operations.
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Cruise Notes: WHOI to Irminger 1800nm/11/24 = 6.8 (7days)
Irminger to Rey 550nm/11/24 = 2 days
9 total + 1 day for wx (10)...previously scheduled 11 (1 day savings)