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Week 5 Update -
August 11
We got in one good
day of surveying this week, which was Monday, before the North
winds picked up yet again. We are told that this is par
for the course, but it doesn't make it any easier when we are
itching to be out at sea doing our thing. The next good
weather window appears to be early next week.
 We
had two guests out on board with us on Monday - a film crew from
Manchester, England working on behalf of the History Channel.
They are interested in creating a show about the Bonhomme
Richard Project for their series, "Save Our History." We
will also use the footage they took to assist us in our
fundraising and marketing efforts, so it's a win-win situation
for both parties. We had never worked with a film crew
before, and found it a little difficult to get used to being on
our own personal microphones all day (had to watch what we
said!) and having a large camera about 6 inches from our faces.
It was interesting to see how the footage is taken, with the
camera crew often requesting that we "Say what you just said
again, but look this way instead." It was a little more
tiring than our usual day out, but we all got a bit more
comfortable as the day went on.
 We
attempted to go out to sea on Tuesday, when the seas were
supposed to calm down, but found it too "lumpy" to acquire any
decent data, so went inshore to collect some images of a known
wreck that looked interesting, even though we knew it was not
the Bonhomme Richard. The image appears below.
Sometimes the sonar shadow (seen as the black area) can reveal
more about a wreck than its sonar image. Here we can see
that this is a modern wreck with a superstructure sticking up,
as well as other distinguishing features. The wreck also
gave off a strong magnetic signature, indicating that it was
made of steel. Until next week....
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