Cruise
dates |
Ship |
Comments |
Cruise
Report /photos |
| 2000 |
|
Castor-02 |
Deployment of the full mooring line. Qualification deployment without instrumentation (buoy v1) |
|
Cruise 2, 19-21 october |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of buoy v1. The mooring line remains on site |
|
| 2002 |
Cruise 3 , 15-17 may |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of buoy v2 (carbon fiber), plus the full instrumentation suite. |
|
| Cruise 4, 13-15 june |
Castor-02 |
Tentative recovery of some equipment after the buoy had sunk... |
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| 2003 |
| Cruise 5, 5-7 september |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of buoy v3 (aluminum and steel), plus the full instrumentation suite |
|
| Cruise 6, 30 november |
Castor-02 |
Unsuccessful attempt to recover the buoy (bad weather) |
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Cruise 7, 5-7 december |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of the upper superstructure |
|
| 2004 |
| Cruise 8, 13 february |
Castor-02 |
Unsuccessful attempt to deploy the buoy (bad weather) |
|
| Cruise 9, 3-5 march |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of buoy upperstructure v3, including the full instrumentation suite |
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| Cruise 10, 23 july |
GG-IX + helicopter |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2005 |
| Cruise 11 , 2-4 june |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of the full mooring line and buoy |
|
| Cruise 12, 15-17 june |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of a new morring line and a new buoy |
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| 2006 |
| Cruise 13, 9-10 june |
GG-IX + helicopter |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
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| 2007 |
| Cruise 14, 22-23 February |
GG-IX + helicopter |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
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| Cruise 15, 20-23 september |
Castor-02 + helicopter |
Exchange of the full mooring line + buoy |
|
| 2008 |
| #16, January 20 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Upper superstructure recovery |
|
| #17, March 13 |
Tethys-II |
Lower superstructure and mooring line recovery |
|
| #18, June 20 |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of the mooring line and the lower buoy superstructure |
|
| #19, June 28 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Deployment of the buoy upper superstructure |
|
| 2009 |
| #20, April 5 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
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| #21, October 27 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
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| 2010 |
| #22, April 22 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
#23, Sept. 1-3 |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of the buoy upper part, plus rotation of the full mooring line |
|
#24, Sept. 4 |
Castor-02 + helicopter |
Deployment of the upper buoy part |
|
| 2011 |
| #25, April 1 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| #26, September 16 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
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